Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Date of Award
January 2020
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Instructional Technology
First Advisor
Ingrid Guerra-López
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to address the research question—how does a sample of internal medicine residents self-evaluate and what, if any, influence does this have on their academic achievement of medical knowledge? The research builds on and extends our understanding of the self-evaluation process through the moderating effects between competency-related beliefs and academic achievement of medical knowledge. The study design is quantitative, cross-sectional survey research using a non-random sample of 58 internal medicine residents at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. The primary sources for data collection included a study survey that measured competency-related beliefs as a subjective assessment of predicted performance in combination with the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE), the objective resource. Findings indicate that residents are not very accurate with their self-evaluations. Residents, as a whole, tend to underestimate their performance. A gender difference was exhibited where female residents predicted their performance significantly lower than their male colleagues. Most significantly, actual performance on the IM-ITE was significantly influenced by the relationship with estimation error.
Recommended Citation
Morse, William, "A Study Of Self-Evaluation And Estimator Error In Internal Medicine Residents And Its Influence On The Academic Achievement Of Medical Knowledge" (2020). Wayne State University Dissertations. 2419.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/2419