Hull York Medical School, University of York, York.
Clin Med (Lond). 2010 Apr;10(2):141-4. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-2-141.
The Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the U.K. has developed a programme to deliver specialty certificate examinations. These are knowledge-based examinations to be passed by all senior trainees in most medical specialties seeking a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). These examinations have been evaluated on their validity, reliability, educational impact, cost effectiveness, acceptability and standard setting methodology on the basis of internal evidence and the results of a published pilot. The evidence so far suggests that though reasonable reliability (reproducibility) can be achieved, validity (testing what is intended) may be lacking. Educational impact, cost effectiveness, and acceptability require more evidence. Consistency in standard setting is difficult.
英国皇家医学院联合会制定了一项计划，以提供专业证书考试。这些是基于知识的考试，面向大多数寻求培训结业证书（CCT）的高级学员。这些考试已经根据内部证据和已发表的试点研究结果，在有效性、可靠性、教育影响、成本效益、可接受性和标准制定方法方面进行了评估。迄今为止的证据表明，虽然可以达到合理的可靠性（可重复性），但可能存在缺乏有效性（测试预期的内容）的问题。教育影响、成本效益和可接受性需要更多的证据。标准制定的一致性很困难。
