Correlation of University Comprehensive and National Certification Exam Scores for Medical Laboratory Science Students.
This retrospective study evaluated the capacity to predict certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC), using an overall score cutoff of 60% on a university comprehensive exam. The study also evaluated overall and content area scores (Blood Bank,...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Laboratory Science Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 124 - 130 |
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American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Summer2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=190956560&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 190956560 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0894959X IKL jtl: Clinical Laboratory Science issn: 0894959X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Summer2018 vid: 31 iid: 3 pid: 13703 pub: American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science place: Dundee, Michigan artinfo: ui: 190956560 190956560 190956560 190956560 ppf: 124 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Correlation of University Comprehensive and National Certification Exam Scores for Medical Laboratory Science Students. aug: au: PELTON, SARAH affil: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Respiratory Care, and Health Administration, Ferris State University sug: subj: Students, Allied Health Medical Laboratory Science Colleges and Universities Achievement Tests American Society for Clinical Pathology Credentialing Examinations Human Retrospective Design ROC Curve Sensitivity and Specificity Success Correlation Coefficient Bivariate Statistics Regression Content Analysis Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software ab: This retrospective study evaluated the capacity to predict certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC), using an overall score cutoff of 60% on a university comprehensive exam. The study also evaluated overall and content area scores (Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Laboratory Operations, Microbiology, and Urinalysis and Other Body Fluids) for correlation between the university and BOC exams. Overall university exam scores ranged from 35%--86% (percentage of correct answers) for students completing both exams from years 2006--2015 (n = 152). BOC exam scores ranged from 287--755 (scaled from 0- 999, with 400 required to pass). The overall correlation among scores was 0.65. Content area correlations ranged from 0.00 (Immunology) to 0.55 (Microbiology) for students completing both exams from 2012 to 2015 (n = 51). A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve resulted in an overall university exam score cutoff of 55% showing the highest sensitivity and specificity for predicting success. Using the hypothesized 60% cutoff, one student showed a false positive result. All students scoring above 67% on the comprehensive exam passed the certification exam. In general, this study indicates that there are large variations when comparing results between comprehensive and certification exams. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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