Casper, OSCEs, and field work grades in occupational therapy (University of Alberta)

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Roduta Roberts, M., Alves, C.B., Chen, F. et al. Associations between an open-response situational judgment test and performance on OSCEs and fieldwork: implications for admissions decisions and matriculant diversity in an occupational therapy program. BMC Med Educ 24, 1146 (2024). Associations between an open-response situational judgment test and performance on OSCEs and fieldwork: implications for admissions decisions and matriculant diversity in an occupational therapy program - BMC Medical Education

Conclusions: These results constitute preliminary validity evidence supporting the integration of Casper into applicant selection in an occupational therapy graduate program.

Associations between an open-response situational judgment test and performance on OSCEs and fieldwork: implications for admissions decisions and matriculant diversity in an occupational therapy program - BMC Medical Education

Background Casper, an online open-response situational judgement test that assesses social intelligence and professionalism [1], is used in admissions to health professions programs. Method This study (1) explored the incremental validity of Casper over grade point average (GPA) for predicting...

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Interesting paper and glad that someone is looking at it with a rigorous research methodology. Casper in my mind will never be a valid tool to evaluate applicants until they fix the intraapplicant variability (so many anecdotal stories of people scoring in different quartiles year to year).