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Relationship of Candidate Communication and Organization Skills to Oral Certification Examination Scores

University of Illinois at Chicago, houstonje{at}aol.com

Everett V. Smith, Jr

University of Illinois at Chicago

This study investigated the relationship between candidate's proficiency in communication/organization and ability measures derived from judges' oral examination ratings on a medical specialty certification examination. Judges who rated candidates on the oral examination also provided a separate rating for candidates' communication/organization skills. ANOVA was used to examine differences among levels of communication/organizational skills with respect to candidates' ability measures on the oral examination. There was a statistically significant increase in oral examination measures for candidates with higher levels of communication/organization skills. This supports the hypothesis that candidates who were more proficient in organizing and presenting their responses were more likely to have better performance on the oral examination. Given communication and oral examination ratings were provided by the same judges, future research should investigate whether these preliminary findings generalize to situations in which communication ratings are obtained from independent ratings during and outside the oral examination.

Key Words: communication skills • facets • oral examination

This version was published on December 1, 2008

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 31, No. 4, 404-418 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0163278708324443


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