Abstract
[Purpose] An examination that evaluates students’ clinical skills in a situation similar to clinical practice (i.e. evaluation of patients) is held prior to clinical practice. To improve the validity of the scores of this examination, the differences in the scores of inside and outside examiners were analyzed. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 49, 3rd-year physical therapy students of Hokkaido University of Science (21.0 ± 1.7 years old). The students were split into two groups one of which and took a test of the musculoskeletal system and the other of the central nervous system. Each student was evaluated by an inside and outside examiner, and the differences in the examiners’ scores were analyzed. A questionnaire survey of the inside examiners was conducted about the results. [Results] There were significant differences between inside and outside examiners’ scores for history taking, anthropometric measurement of the musculoskeletal system, and deep tendon reflex of the central nervous system. Regarding the factors of the differences, there were survey answers indicating disagreements over the evaluation standard among examiners. [Conclusion] To raise the validity of the examination scores, improvement of the questions and standards will be required.
