Critical Synthesis Package: Comprehensive Integrative Puzzle (CIP)

Abstract This Critical Synthesis Package contains: (1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and application to health sciences education for the Comprehensive Integrated Puzzle (CIP), and (2) a copy of the CIP instrument, instructions, and example developed by Rosalie Ber, MD. The CIP...

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Main Author: Jeremy B. Richards
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Language:English
Published: Association of American Medical Colleges 2013-10-01
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Online Access:http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9561
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description Abstract This Critical Synthesis Package contains: (1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and application to health sciences education for the Comprehensive Integrated Puzzle (CIP), and (2) a copy of the CIP instrument, instructions, and example developed by Rosalie Ber, MD. The CIP is an extended matching tool designed to assess learners' ability to relate clinical information to specific diagnoses or clinical conditions. The CIP is formatted as a grid, and learners match specific diagnoses or clinical conditions to diagnostic or therapeutic categories based on concise clinical vignettes. The CIP is a forced matching exercise in which specific diagnoses are listed for test takers, all of which must be used to fill in the empty grid. As the CIP involves linking components of a clinical vignette, test taker performance depends on both medical knowledge and the ability to match historical, physical exam, diagnostic, therapeutic and pathologic aspects of clinical vignettes. The CIP was originally intended for preclinical students in an integrative systems-based course, although it can be and has been modified for learners of any level of training. There are few data on the psychometric properties of the CIP, but it has been demonstrated to be reliable as compared to multiple choice-based clinical reasoning tests and it does have high discriminatory value in differentiating prepared from unprepared learners. Developing a CIP is relatively time intensive, as several hours of effort by multiple faculty is required to write, design and pretest a CIP. As individual CIPs are developed for specific learners in specific courses or learning environments, data regarding generalizability are scarce. Developing and using CIPs in heterogeneous learner populations may provide better information regarding the generalizability of this tool.
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spelling doaj.art-b762b92fb372403795d624002039db052022-12-21T16:35:09ZengAssociation of American Medical CollegesMedEdPORTAL2374-82652013-10-01910.15766/mep_2374-8265.9561Critical Synthesis Package: Comprehensive Integrative Puzzle (CIP)Jeremy B. Richards01 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAbstract This Critical Synthesis Package contains: (1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and application to health sciences education for the Comprehensive Integrated Puzzle (CIP), and (2) a copy of the CIP instrument, instructions, and example developed by Rosalie Ber, MD. The CIP is an extended matching tool designed to assess learners' ability to relate clinical information to specific diagnoses or clinical conditions. The CIP is formatted as a grid, and learners match specific diagnoses or clinical conditions to diagnostic or therapeutic categories based on concise clinical vignettes. The CIP is a forced matching exercise in which specific diagnoses are listed for test takers, all of which must be used to fill in the empty grid. As the CIP involves linking components of a clinical vignette, test taker performance depends on both medical knowledge and the ability to match historical, physical exam, diagnostic, therapeutic and pathologic aspects of clinical vignettes. The CIP was originally intended for preclinical students in an integrative systems-based course, although it can be and has been modified for learners of any level of training. There are few data on the psychometric properties of the CIP, but it has been demonstrated to be reliable as compared to multiple choice-based clinical reasoning tests and it does have high discriminatory value in differentiating prepared from unprepared learners. Developing a CIP is relatively time intensive, as several hours of effort by multiple faculty is required to write, design and pretest a CIP. As individual CIPs are developed for specific learners in specific courses or learning environments, data regarding generalizability are scarce. Developing and using CIPs in heterogeneous learner populations may provide better information regarding the generalizability of this tool.http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9561AssessmentDREAMDirectory and Repository of Educational Assessment MeasuresClinical ReasoningEducationalComprehensive Integrative Puzzle
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Critical Synthesis Package: Comprehensive Integrative Puzzle (CIP)
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Assessment
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Directory and Repository of Educational Assessment Measures
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Educational
Comprehensive Integrative Puzzle
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title_short Critical Synthesis Package: Comprehensive Integrative Puzzle (CIP)
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DREAM
Directory and Repository of Educational Assessment Measures
Clinical Reasoning
Educational
Comprehensive Integrative Puzzle
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