Chur-Hansen A, Vernon-Roberts J
Department of Psychiatry at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Acad Med. 1999 Jul;74(7):829-34. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199907000-00018.
To explore the use of standardized patients for evaluating medical student's proficiency in speaking English.
In 1995, using a language rating scale constructed by the authors, six standardized patients evaluated the English-language proficiencies of 127 second-year medical student undergraduates enrolled at the University of Adelaide, Australia, many of whom were from a non-English speaking background.
An earlier standardized test (Screening Test for Adolescent Language) had identified approximately one third of the students as potentially experiencing difficulties in using English in their training. Students so identified were rated lower than were their peers by the standardized patients.
The study proved useful both in identifying aspects of speech that can be reasonably rated by standardized patients and also in identifying students who might benefit from language interventions. Replication studies with the new instrument are required to further establish its reliability, validity, and generalizability across different student cohorts.
探讨使用标准化病人来评估医学生英语口语水平的情况。
1995年，6名标准化病人使用作者构建的语言评分量表，对澳大利亚阿德莱德大学127名二年级医学本科学生的英语水平进行了评估，其中许多学生来自非英语背景。
一项较早的标准化测试（青少年语言筛查测试）确定约三分之一的学生在培训中使用英语可能会遇到困难。标准化病人对这些被确定的学生的评分低于他们的同龄人。
该研究在确定可由标准化病人合理评分的言语方面以及确定可能从语言干预中受益的学生方面都很有用。需要使用新工具进行重复研究，以进一步确定其在不同学生群体中的可靠性、有效性和普遍性。
