Which of the Following Is an Essential Component of Clinical

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an essential component of clinical evaluation?

• A) Excluding or "bracketing" subjective judgments of a student's performance.
• B) Delaying evaluation of a student's performance until halfway through the clinical experience.
• C) Providing timely feedback on a student's performance throughout the clinical experience.
• D) Merging results of both formative and summative evaluation episodes in making a final judgment concerning a student's performance.
• E) Offsetting the impact of the student's worst performance with her best performance when determining the final clinical grade.

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of the values by the number of values.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values from the mean.

Z Score

A statistical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values, expressed in standard deviations.