TY  - JOUR
T1  - SOme comments on self-assessment of psychiatric knowledge and skills
Y1  - 1969/11/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740230001001
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 513
EP  - 514
VL  - 21
IS  - 5
N2  - IN AN editorial,1 Hugh T. Carmichael, MD, Director of the Office of Continuing Education for Psychiatrists of the American Psychiatric Association, advocated a self-administered test on psychiatric knowledge and skills. A sample of this test, developed in cooperation with the National Board of Medical Examiners, was distributed, and a prospectus inviting the members to take the test states the names of the persons on the three committees who formulated the questions and prepared the form of presentation. As is customary in such cases, the list of names is imposing. It is supposed to reassure the individual that the test is well constructed and that the results are valid and reliable. But is that so?The most imposing list of names or the most overwhelming numbers of votes in favor of a statement does not assure its truth. This can only be ascertained by
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740230001001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740230001001
ER  -