These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Checklist-Style Rubric Development for Practical Examination of Clinical Skills in Entry-Level Physical Therapist Education.
    Author: Tappan RS, Hedman LD, López-Rosado R, Roth HR.
    Journal: J Allied Health; 2020; 49(3):202-207. PubMed ID: 32877478.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Grading rubrics used in the assessment of physical therapy students' clinical skills should be developed in a method that promotes validity. This study applied a systematic approach to the development of rubrics to assess student performance within a Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum. PARTICIPANTS: Ten faculty participated. METHODS: Checklist-style rubrics covering four clinical skills were developed using a five-step process: 1) evidence-based rubric item development; 2) multiple Delphi review rounds to achieve consensus on item content; 3) pilot testing and formatting of rubrics; 4) final Delphi review; 5) weighting of rubric sections. Consensus in the Delphi review was defined as: ≥75% of participants rate each item Agree/Strongly Agree in two consecutive rounds, no statistically significant difference between Likert ratings on the final two rounds for each item using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test (p>0.05), and a reduction in participant comments between the first and last rounds. RESULTS: All rubric items achieved consensus with: 100% agreement, no statistically significant difference between the two final sets of ratings (p=0.102 to 1.000), and a decrease in the number of comments from 81 in Round 1 to 21 in Round 5. CONCLUSION: This method of rubric development resulted in rubrics with validity, acceptability, and time efficiencies.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]