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Poor inter-rater reliability on mock anesthesia oral examinations

The American Board of Anesthesiology, Inc. 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 510, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Website: www.theABA.org

To the Editor:

Further to the recently-published study by Jacobsohn et al.,¹ we draw your attention to the fact that the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) has not used the rating system reported in the above referenced study since 2001. With both the previous rating system and the one that replaced it, ABA oral examiners rate the candidate independently. The examiner’s ratings are a synthesis of the degree and frequency with which the candidate demonstrated the abilities the ABA oral examination is designed to assess.

The current oral examination scoring system uses a multi-facet psychometric model that takes into account variation in task difficulty and grading severity of individual examiners when it computes a candidate’s test scores. The ABA is committed to giving oral examinations that are as fair as possible and continually assesses ways to improve all of its evaluation processes, including the oral examination.

Footnotes

Accepted for publication September 8, 2006.

Reference

1 Jacobsohn E, Klock PA, Avidan M; Oral Examinations Group. Poor inter-rater reliability on mock anesthesia oral examinations. Can J Anesth 2006; 53: 659–68.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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