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Objectives: To explore the host experience on international medical electives at a selection of hospitals in low- and middle-income countries in Africa. Outcomes of the study may inform and improve the preparation of global health curriculum, pre-elective training and debriefing for international medical electives.

Methods: A descriptive phenomenological study was undertaken, involving semi-structured interviews with ten elective hosts at seven study sites in three African countries. Purposive convenience sampling augmented by snowballing was utilised to recruit study participants. The data were thematically analysed and interpreted with reflexivity to generate an accurate aggregate of the experience of participants in hosting international …

BACKGROUND A script concordance test

(SCT) is a modality for assessing clinical

reasoning. Concerns had been raised about

the plausible validity threat to SCT scores if

students deliberately avoided the extreme

answer options to obtain higher scores. The

aims of the study were firstly to investigate

whether students’ avoidance of the extreme

answer options could result in higher scores,

and secondly to determine whether a

‘balanced approach’ by careful construction of

SCT items (to include extreme as well as

median options as model responses) would

improve the validity of an SCT.

METHODS Using the paired sample t-test, the

actual average …