TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy of self-assessed Spanish fluency in medical students
AU - Reuland, Daniel S.
AU - Frasier, Pamela Y.
AU - Olson, Matthew D.
AU - Slatt, Lisa M.
AU - Aleman, Marco A.
AU - Fernandez, Alicia
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Background: Non-English language fluency is increasingly important in patient care. Fluency self-assessment is easily obtained, but its accuracy is unknown. Purposes: The purpose is to determine accuracy of medical students' self-assessed Spanish fluency. Methods: Four matriculating classes assessed their own oral fluency as ("none":"novice";"intermediate";"advanced";"nativespeaker"). Participants who rated themselves greater than "novice" and who expressed interest in medical Spanish coursework took a standardized fluency test (Spoken Language Evaluation, scaled 1-12). Using predetermined test categories (1-5 = novice, 6-8 = intermediate, 9-12 advanced/native), we determined the predictive value of self-assessment for predicting the same or greater fluency on the test. Results: Of 102 participants, 12 (12%) tested belowtheir self-assessed level, 77 (75%) tested at their self-assessed level, and 13 (13%) tested above. The predictive value of self-assessment for having at least that fluency level was 88% (95% CI = 80, 94). Conclusions: In medical students reporting greater than "novice" capability and interest in medical Spanish coursework, fluency self-assessment was a good indicator of scores on a standardized fluency test.
AB - Background: Non-English language fluency is increasingly important in patient care. Fluency self-assessment is easily obtained, but its accuracy is unknown. Purposes: The purpose is to determine accuracy of medical students' self-assessed Spanish fluency. Methods: Four matriculating classes assessed their own oral fluency as ("none":"novice";"intermediate";"advanced";"nativespeaker"). Participants who rated themselves greater than "novice" and who expressed interest in medical Spanish coursework took a standardized fluency test (Spoken Language Evaluation, scaled 1-12). Using predetermined test categories (1-5 = novice, 6-8 = intermediate, 9-12 advanced/native), we determined the predictive value of self-assessment for predicting the same or greater fluency on the test. Results: Of 102 participants, 12 (12%) tested belowtheir self-assessed level, 77 (75%) tested at their self-assessed level, and 13 (13%) tested above. The predictive value of self-assessment for having at least that fluency level was 88% (95% CI = 80, 94). Conclusions: In medical students reporting greater than "novice" capability and interest in medical Spanish coursework, fluency self-assessment was a good indicator of scores on a standardized fluency test.
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U2 - 10.1080/10401330903228489
DO - 10.1080/10401330903228489
M3 - Article
C2 - 20183357
AN - SCOPUS:77951681154
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 21
SP - 305
EP - 309
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 4
ER -