BACKGROUND The script concordance test (SCT) is a method for assessing clinical reasoning of medical students by placing them in a context of uncertainty such as they will encounter in their future daily practice. Script concordance testing is going to be included as part of the computer-based national ranking examination (iNRE).This study was designed to create a script concordance test in rhe...

Se evaluó el uso del Coeficiente Alfa de Cronbach en una muestra artículos publicados desde año 2000-2017 (n = 111) por cuatro revistas científicas mexicanas enfocadas la educación. La metodología consistió extraer información para compararla con ciertos criterios sugeridos psicometría. Los resultados mostraron que mayoría los autores no usaron apropiadamente este coeficiente. De lo cual se ded...

OBJECTIVE to construct an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses and to validate this instrument through the consensus of specialists. METHOD methodological study. In order to elaborate the instrument, documental analysis and a literature review were undertaken. Validation took place through use of the Delphi Conference, between September 2012 and Septembe...

The goal of this study was to comprehensively identify ergonomic constraints among nursing workers in two public hospitals in Brazil. We used a qualitative research design and conducted interviews, field observation and performed a subjective questionnaire with nurses of emergency care sectors. The Cronbach α technique was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Based o...

OBJECTIVE To validate the Person-Centered Dermatology Self-Care Index (PeDeSI) as a tool for clinical assessment and for potential use in research evaluation. DESIGN To date, no validated assessment measures exist to identify the education and support needs of patients living with long-term dermatological conditions and to enable them to self-manage as effectively as possible. The PeDeSI asse...