?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Survey+of+Information+Sources+Used+for+Progress+Decisions+about+Medical+Students&rft.creator=+Mavis+PhD%2C+Brian+E.&rft.creator=Cole+BA%2C+Bridget+L.&rft.creator=Hoppe+MD%2C+Ruth+B.&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Although+many+medical+schools+have+adopted+a+variety+of+methods+to+assess+student+competency%2C+the+extent+to+which+these+innovations+have+changed+how+decisions+about+student+progress+are+made+is+not+clear.+This+paper+describes+a+survey+of+126+accredited+allopathic+U.S.+medical+schools+to+determine+which+information+sources+are+used+for+decisions+related+to+medical+student+progress+and+graduation.+Respondents+were+asked+to+indicate+up+to+three+information+sources+used+for+seven+specific+decisions+about+student+progress.+The+results+indicate+that+multiple+choice+questions+(MCQs)+and+faculty+ratings+remain+the+most+frequently+used+information+sources.+Clinical+skills+education+in+the+pre-clinical+curriculum+is+the+area+with+the+broadest+use+of+assessments+for+progress+decisions.+Several+explanations+are+suggested+for+the+primacy+of+MCQs+and+faculty+ratings+in+student+decisions%2C+including+familiarity+for+faculty+and+students%2C+ease+of+implementation+and+the+resources+required+for+the+adoption+of+other+assessment+strategies.%0A&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2424%2F1%2Fres00012.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Mavis+PhD%2C+Brian+E.+and+Cole+BA%2C+Bridget+L.+and+Hoppe+MD%2C+Ruth+B.++(2000)+A+Survey+of+Information+Sources+Used+for+Progress+Decisions+about+Medical+Students.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2424%2F