Danielson, Jared A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3657-3412
Burzette, Rebecca G.
Bailey, Misty R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6104-6980
Berent, Linda M.
Case, Heather
Casey-Reed, Anita
Dascanio, John http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0796-2555
Feinberg, Richard A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1386-9867
Hancock, Tamara S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6453-6248
Kirk, Claudia A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4157-6607
Article History
Received: 16 May 2023
Accepted: 14 April 2024
First Online: 16 May 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Iowa State University Institutional Review Board (exempt; IRB #18-438-01).
: Authors HC and AC-R receive a salary from the International Council for Veterinary Assessment, where they are the chief executive officer and the program manager, respectively. ICVA is the veterinary medicine equivalent to the MCC and NBME. A number of MCC and NBME staff are lead and co-authors on various measurement manuscripts with colleagues in academia, for example the recent Montierro et al. manuscript from McMaster where Debra Pugh (MCC) was listed as an author. This is an equivalent situation, to provide validity evidence for ICVA assessment methods. Furthermore, neither HC nor AC-R were involved in collecting or analyzing the data; their role was to help ensure the accuracy of portrayals of the ICVA measures, and to participate in overall manuscript review and revision. Therefore, their conflict of interest had no influence on the present study. No other authors declare financial interests. No funding was received for conducting this study.