Inflated Clinical Evaluations: a Comparison of Faculty-Selected and Mathematically Calculated Overall Evaluations Based on Behaviorally Anchored Assessment Data

This retrospective study compared faculty-selected evaluation scores with those mathematically calculated from behaviorally anchored assessments. Data from 1036 psychiatry clerkship clinical evaluations (2012–2015) was reviewed. These clinical evaluations required faculty to assess clinical performance using 14 behaviorally anchored questions followed by a faculty-selected overall evaluation. An explicit rubric was included in the overall...