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The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education

Sahota, Gurvinder S.; Taggar, Jaspal S.

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Dr JASPAL TAGGAR JASPAL.TAGGAR@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Primary Care and Medical Education



Abstract

Introduction: Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are widely used in selecting medical students and doctors. Emerging evidence suggests SJTs are capable of testing an individual’s ability to respond to role-relevant professionalism scenarios, however, evidence is lacking for their use in identifying students with concerning professional behaviours.

This study aimed to determine the association between medical student professionalism-based SJT scores and recorded professionalism concerns during training.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted utilising SJT scores from second-year medical students and occurrences of student professionalism concerns. Concerns were reviewed and mapped to General Medical Council standards. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine associations between SJT scores and professionalism concerns.

Results: 247 students were included in the study. For every point increase in SJT score, students were 10% less likely to have multiple professionalism concerns [OR (95% CI) 0.90 (0.83–0.97); p = .007].

Students scoring below 1 and 2 standard deviations from the mean score were 4 and 11-times more likely to have multiple concerns [OR (95% CI) 4.52 (1.12–18.25); p = .034] and [OR (95% CI) 11.45 (1.72–76.15); p = .012].

Conclusion: Lower SJT scores were significantly associated with an increased risk of professionalism concerns. These findings support the potential for SJT exams to identify medical students that may require closer supervision and remediation during undergraduate education.

Citation

Sahota, G. S., & Taggar, J. S. (2020). The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education. Medical Teacher, 42(8), 937-943. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2020.1772466

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 19, 2020
Online Publication Date Jun 13, 2020
Publication Date Jun 13, 2020
Deposit Date Jun 15, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Medical Teacher
Print ISSN 0142-159X
Electronic ISSN 1466-187X
Publisher Taylor & Francis Open
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Issue 8
Pages 937-943
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2020.1772466
Keywords Education, General Medicine, Situational Judgement Test, professionalism assessment, professionalism concerns
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4655072
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1772466
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Teacher on 13.06.20, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1772466

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