Measuring Educational Outcomes with Reliability and Validity - 8/29/2022

Registration Closed

This workshop introduces participants to the principles of score reliability and validity, using a combination of didactics and review of medical education research projects. The workshop is divided into two parts with group exercises designed to reinforce understanding of the main principles.

After participating in this workshop, learners will be able to:

Identify three types of reliability (inter-rater, test-retest, and internal consistency);
Match types of reliability with appropriate statistical measures;
Describe the relationship between reliability and validity;
Describe multiple forms of evidence for validity;
Select an approach to reliability and validity assessment for a particular study.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop Series.

Christopher Mooney

Christopher J. Mooney, PhD, MPH, MA is Assistant Professor in the Division Of General Medicine, and holds joint appointments in the Departments of Health Humanities and Bioethics and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester. He is Director of Assessment and Director of the Medical Education Pathway in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Director of Education Research and Scholarship in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Mooney is chair of the NEGEA Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation (MESRE) Section and Chair of the AAMC’s Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program. In these roles, Dr. Mooney collaborates with teams of educators, learners, scientists, and clinicians to study education and health outcomes.