Kenneth Royal

Can dogs help chickens? Pet owners’ willingness to pay for animal welfare-friendly pet food in the United States

Animal Welfare.

Training Veterinary Ophthalmology Residents on Cataract Surgery (Part A: Diplomate’s Survey)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.

Effects of gender on income and family planning for diplomates of the American College of Zoological Medicine

JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 260(2), 251–256.

A Literature Review: Pet Bereavement and Coping Mechanisms

Park, R. M., Royal, K. D., & Gruen, M. E. (2021, June 7). JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE, Vol. 6.

A novel career development course for animal science students pursuing veterinary college admissions

TRANSLATIONAL ANIMAL SCIENCE, 5(3).

Association between Dog Owner Demographics and Decision to Seek Veterinary Care

VETERINARY SCIENCES, 8(1).

Evaluation of Retention of Veterinary Clinical Pathology Knowledge between Second-Year and Fourth-Year Clinical Pathology Courses

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 48(6), 664–669.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Pre-Veterinary Opportunities and Recommendations for DVM Admissions

Trivedi, S., Clark, J. C., & Royal, K. D. (2021, May 17). JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, Vol. 5.

Veterinary Students' Use of Learning Objectives

Olin, S. J., Springer, C., & Royal, K. (2021, December 20). JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, Vol. 12.

What Matters Most to Residency and Intern Selection Committees in Veterinary Medicine?

Royal, K. D., & Hecker, K. G. (2021, June).

A Call for an AAVMC-Led Employer Survey of Veterinary Medical School Graduates

Royal, K. D., & Hedgpeth, M.-W. (2020, February).

A Comparison of Public Perceptions of Physicians and Veterinarians in the United States

VETERINARY SCIENCES, 7(2).

A National Survey of Companion Animal Owners’ Self-Reported Methods of Coping Following Euthanasia

Veterinary Sciences.

Cross-Sectional Assessment of the Emotional Intelligence of Fourth-Year Veterinary Students and Veterinary House Officers in a Teaching Hospital

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 47(2), 193–201.

Identifying Barriers to Implementing Pain Management for Piglet Castration: A Focus Group of Swine Veterinarians

Animals, 10(7), 1202.

Perceptions and attitudes of Small Animal Internal Medicine specialists toward the publication requirement for board certification

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, 34(2), 574–580.

"Physician, Heal Yourself!" The Importance of Understanding Scripture

JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN NURSING, Vol. 36, pp. 11–11.

A Simple Methodology for Discerning Item Construction Flaws in Health Professions Examinations

Health Professions Education, 5(1), 82–89.

Baseline Knowledge of Potential Pet Toxins among the US General Public

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 22(3), 219–228.

Comparison of still image quality between traditional 35 mm digital and GoPro cameras in a surgical setting

Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, 42(3), 114–119.

Effect of a mindfulness exercise on stress in veterinary students performing surgery

Veterinary Surgery, 48(3), 360–366.

Use of a Versatile, Inexpensive Ophthalmoscopy Teaching Model in Veterinary Medical Student Education Increases Ophthalmoscopy Proficiency

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 46(4), 518–522.

A survey of point-of-care ultrasound use in veterinary general practice

Education in the Health Professions, 1(2), 50.

Automated Item Generation: The Future of Medical Education Assessment?

European Medical Journal: Innovations, 2(1), 8–92.

Comparing Item Performance on Three- Versus Four-Option Multiple Choice Questions in a Veterinary Toxicology Course

Veterinary Sciences, 5(2), 55.

Evaluating the readability levels of medical infographic materials for public consumption

JOURNAL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION IN MEDICINE, 41(3), 99–102.

Exploring Shyness among Veterinary Medical Students: Implications for Mental and Social Wellness

Veterinary Sciences.

Forty-five common rater errors in medical and health professions education

Education in the Health Professions, 1(2), 33.

How common are experimental designs in medical education? Findings from a bibliometric analysis of recent dissertations and theses

Education in the Health Professions, 1, 28–30.

Hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization of a waterproof, high-definition video camera case for intraoperative imaging in veterinary surgery

Veterinary Surgery, 6.

Is verification of peer review service necessary to support scientific growth?

The American Journal of Surgery, 216(2), 202–203.

Medical Students Rate Black Female Peers as Less Socially Connected

JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 110(2), 157–162.

Ophthalmoscopy skills in primary care: a cross-sectional practitioner survey

VETERINARY RECORD, 182(15), 435-+.

Pharmacists' Knowledge of Veterinary Pharmacotherapy and the Impact of an Educational Intervention

JOURNAL OF PHARMACY TECHNOLOGY, 34(6), 244–251.

Psychometric Validation of a Medical and Health Professions Course Evaluation Questionnaire

American Journal of Educational Research, 6(1), 38–42.

Readability Evaluations of Veterinary Client Handouts and Implications for Patient Care

TOPICS IN COMPANION ANIMAL MEDICINE, 33(2), 58–61.

Royal's Directory of Journals for Publishing Medical Education Scholarship

In Zenodo.

Royal's Directory of Journals for Publishing Medical Education Scholarship

In Zenodo.

Strategies Used for Making Healthy Eating Choices among Veterinary Medical Students

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 45(3), 364–380.

Teaching Tip A Method for Evaluating Learning Evidence when Using Cumulative Final Examinations

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 45(3), 343–346.

Think Subscores Are a Helpful Form of Feedback? Think Again

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 45(4), 567–570.

Using readability software to enhance the health literacy of equine veterinary clients: An analysis of 17 American Association of Equine Practitioners’ newsletter and website articles

Equine Veterinary Journal, 51(4), 552–555.

Using “Educational Handoffs” to Improve Curricular Integration and Overcome Faculty Disconnectedness

Journal of Contemporary Medical Education, 7(2), 10.

Veterinary Medical Students' Motivations for Exercise

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 45(3), 367–373.

Veterinary Medical Students' Motivations for Exercise

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 1, 1–7.

A Guide for Making Valid Interpretations of Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) Results

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 44(2), 316–322.

A Plea to Discontinue Acknowledging “Face Validity” as a Legitimate Type of Validity Evidence

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 44(2), 206–206.

An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Behavior Change Strategies for Healthy Eating Scale

Journal of Nursing Measurement, 25(3), 411–420.

Baseline knowledge of potential pet toxins: a survey of pharmacists

Pharmacy Practice, 15(4), 1058–1058.

Clarifying the Instructional Role of Faculty in Medical and Health Professions Programs

Education in Medicine Journal, 9(2), 75–77.

Evaluation of 3D Additively Manufactured Canine Brain Models for Teaching Veterinary Neuroanatomy

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 44(4), 612–619.

Four tenets of modern validity theory for medical education assessment and evaluation

ADVANCES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE, 8, 567–570.

Good teaching is not a race to cover content: Less can be more

Earn, Nose & Throat Journal, 96(10-11), 402-.

Improving student wellness by promoting social fitness

Improving student wellness by promoting social fitness

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 251(8), 890–890.

Quality Teaching Matters More than Innovative Curricula

Royal, K. D. (2017, April).

Results of a Flipped Classroom Teaching Approach in Anesthesiology Residents

Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 6.

Robust (and Ethical) Educational Research Designs

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 6, 1–5.

School Climate in American Secondary Schools: A Psychometric Examination of PISA 2009 School Climate Scale

Journal of Curriculum and Teaching.

Severity of Nasal Inflammatory Disease Questionnaire for Canine Idiopathic Rhinitis Control: Instrument Development and Initial Validity Evidence

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, 31(1), 134–141.

Success Rates Depend on the Appropriateness of the Outcome Measures

Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 7(1).

Survey Incentives in Medical Education: What Do Students Say Will Entice Them to Participate in Surveys?

Medical Science Educator, 27(2), 339–344.

The Prevalence of Item Construction Flaws in Medical School Examinations and Innovative Recommendations for Improvement

European Medical Journal, 1(1), 61–66. http://emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Prevalence-of-Item-Construction-Flaws-in-Medical-School-Examinations-and-Innovative-Recommendations-for-Improvement.pdf

The impact of 3-option responses to multiple-choice questions on guessing strategies and cut score determinations

Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism, 5(2), 84–89. http://jamp.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JAMP/article/view/725/145

Turning a blind eye: How lack of communication with ER nurses nearly cost a patient permanent vision loss

Patient Experience Journal, 4(3), 12–14.

Understanding the Cognitive Development of Medical Students and Residents

Education for Primary Care, 28(6), 356–356.

Using a Modified Bookmark Procedure to Help Identify Reasonable Consequences for Academic Integrity Violations

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 7(1), 1–8.

Using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula to Improve Medical School Examination Quality

Journal of Contemporary Medical Education, 5(2), 1.

Why Veterinary Medical Educators Should Embrace Cumulative Final Exams

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 1, 1–5.

"Face validity'' is not a legitimate type of validity evidence

Royal, K. (2016, November). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 212, pp. 1026–1027.

A Comprehensive Wellness Program for Veterinary Medical Education: Design and Implementation at North Carolina State University

International Journal of Higher Education, 6(1), 74.

A Guide for Assessing the Interpretive Validity of Student Evaluations of Teaching in Medical Schools

Medical Science Educator, 26(4), 711–717.

An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of an Advising Survey for Medical and Professional Program Students

Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 6(1), 195.

Do All Dogs Go to Heaven? Investigating the Association between Demographic Characteristics and Beliefs about Animal Afterlife

ANTHROZOOS, 29(3), 409–420.

Exploring Aberrant Responses Using Person Fit and Person Response Functions

Journal of Applied Measurement.

Investigating the Financial Awareness and Behaviors of Veterinary Medical Students

International Journal of Economics and Finance.

Missing data as a validity threat for medical and healthcare education research: problems and solutions

International Journal of Healthcare, 2(2).

More on Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine: The Isolation of Black Females

Royal, K. D., Cannedy, A. L., & Dent, G. A. (2016, July).

More on standard setting

Royal, K. (2016, February).

Prohibiting Students from Asking Questions during Exams: A Guideline for Promoting Fairness and Preserving Score Validity

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 8(2), 1–3.

Rater Errors in Clinical Performance Assessments

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 43(1), 5–8.

Social Media and Impression Management: Veterinary Medicine Students' and Faculty Members' Attitudes toward the Acceptability of Social Media Posts

Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism, 4(4), 155–162. http://jamp.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JAMP/article/view/605

Students' Perceptions of and Experiences With Educational Technology: A Survey

JMIR Medical Education.

The 10 most wanted test cheaters in medical education

MEDICAL EDUCATION, 50(12), 1241–1244.

The Impact of Item Sequence Order on Local Item Dependence: An Item Response Theory Perspective

Survey Practice, 9(5). http://surveypractice.org/index.php/SurveyPractice/article/view/344/html_78

There's Education, and Then There's Education in Medicine

Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism, 4(3), 150–154.

Understanding Reliability: A Review for Veterinary Educators

[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 43(1), 1–4.

A Case for Differentiated Grades

Med.Sci.Educ., 25(3), 323–325.

A Method for Investigating "Instructional Familiarity" and Discerning Authentic Learning

ANNALS OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH, 5(6), 428–434.

A Novel Method for Evaluating Examination Item Quality

IJPS, 7(1).

A cautionary note about focus groups in medical education

Education for Primary Care, 26(6), 449–449.

Academic outcomes of a community-based longitudinal integrated clerkships program.

Medical Teacher, 37(9), 862–867.

Balancing Test Length with Sufficiently Reliable Scores

EIMJ, 7(1).

Building Collaborative Learning Opportunities between Future Veterinary and Design Professionals

Journal of Education and Training Studies, 3(5), 43–51.

Comparing Veterinary Student and Faculty Perceptions of Academic Misconduct

International Research in Higher Education, 1(1).

Differences Among Veterinary Students’ and Faculty Members’ Perceptions of Appropriate Interactions with Corporate Entities at One US College of Veterinary Medicine

Medical Science Educator, 26(1), 35–38.

Does Mathematical Precision Ensure Valid Grades? What Every Veterinary Medical Educator Should Know

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION, 42(3), 242–244.

Educational Research Report: Changes in Students' Levels of Empathy during the Didactic Portion of a Veterinary Program

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 42(3), 194–205.

Examining Job Satisfaction among Kentucky Head Principals Using the Rasch Rating Scale Model

JSE, 5(3), 135.

Further Validation of the Inventory of Mental Toughness Factors in Sport (IMTF-S)

IJPS, 7(3).

How Much Content Knowledge Do Graduating Medical Students Retain from Their Pre-Clinical and Clinical Courses?

Medical Science Educator, 26(1), 117–122.

Measuring Factors that Influence Decisions to Become a Veterinarian

Research and Development in Medical Education, 4(1), 23–29.

On Requiring Medical Student Participation on Course and Faculty Evaluations: Ethical and Methodological Implications

Journal of Research in Medical Education & Ethics, 5(3), 195.

On the appropriateness of norm- and criterion-referenced assessments in medical education

Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal, 94(7), 252-.

On the appropriateness of norm- and criterion-referenced assessments in medical education.

& Throat Journal, 94(7), 252–254. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26214661

Post-Exam Reviews: A Consideration of Costs and Unintended Consequences

Med.Sci.Educ., 25(3), 327–329.

Teaching medical students the art of the 'write-up'.

Clinical Teacher, 12(4), 246–249.

The Impact of Repeated Exposure to Items

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE, 27(4), 404–409.

The Predictive Validity of the ABFM's In-Training Examination.

Family Medicine, 47(5), 349–356. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25905876

The myth of learning styles: What medical educators need to know

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, 94(4-5), 132–134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84949487901&partnerID=MN8TOARS

The myth of teaching styles: What medical educators need to know [Editorial].

& Throat Journal, 94(4-5), 132–134. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25923265

The predictive validity of the ABFM’s in-training examination

Family Medicine, 47(5), 349–356. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929091868&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Using the Nudge and Shove Methods to Adjust Item Difficulty Values

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 42(3), 239–241.

436 Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Application for Point-of-Care Data Collection in Assessing Trainee Skills During Colonoscopy Training: a Pilot Study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 79(5), AB139–AB140.

A Novel Approach for Investigating Curricular Redundancy

EIMJ, 6(4).

A student-led methodology for evaluating curricular redundancy

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 10(23), 1–8.

Are Repeat Exam Scores Trustworthy? A Note about Measurement Error and the Need for Genuine Instructional Remediation

Med.Sci.Educ., 24(1), 39–41.

Are Teacher Course Evaluations Biased Against Faculty That Teach Quantitative Methods Courses?

IJHE, 4(1).

Community size and organization of practice predict family physician recertification success.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 27(3), 383–390.

Social Network Analysis and Rasch Measurement as Complementary Methods

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 28(2), 1466–1467.

The Flipped Classroom Improved Medical Student Performance and Satisfaction in a Pre-clinical Physiology Course

Med.Sci.Educ., 25(1), 35–43.

The consequential validity of ABFM examinations

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 27(3), 430–431.

The consequential validity of ABFM examinations.

Annals of Family Medicine, 12(3), 280–282.

Using Rasch measurement to score, evaluate, and improve examinations in an anatomy course.

Anatomical Sciences Education, 7(6), 450–460.

You Say Tomato, I Say “Tomahto”: the Semantics of Blended Learning

Med.Sci.Educ., 25(1), 81–82.

A cautionary tale about item equating with fluctuating samples

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 27(2), 1417.

A closer look at recertification candidate pass rates.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(4), 478–489.

A closer look at recertification candidate pass rates.

Annals of Family Medicine, 11(4), 389–390.

A more accurate pain scale?

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 26(4), 1398.

A psychometric validation of the beliefs toward mental illness scale.

Journal of Nursing Measurement, 21(3), 516–524.

Achievement Goal Validation Among African American High School Students: CFA and Rasch Results

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 31(3), 284–299.

Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results.

Annals of Family Medicine, 11(2), 185–187.

Developing a psychometric ruler: An alternative presentation of Rasch Measurement output

Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 8(3), 1–10.

Dimensionality of the maintenance of certification for family physicians examination: Evidence of construct validity

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(3), 342–344.

Dimensionality of the maintenance of certification for family physicians examination: evidence of construct validity.

Annals of Family Medicine, 11(3), 286–288.

G. ENGELHARD, JR. (2013) Invariant Measurement: Using Rasch Models in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences.: New York: Routledge. 312 pages. US$44.95. ISBN: 978-0-415-87125-9

Psychometrika, 79(4), 733–735.

Investigating guessing strategies and their success rates on items of varying difficulty levels

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 27(1), 1407–1408.

Is now the time for a Rasch measurement MOOC?

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 27(3), 1437–1438.

Objectively Measuring Change across Time in Higher Education Assessment

Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, 3(1), 19.

Social Achievement Goals: Validation Among Rural African American Adolescents

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 31(6), 566–577.

A suggestion for taking Rasch-based survey results even further

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 25(4), 1341.

Cheating: Its implications for American Board of Family Medicine examinees

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(3), 400–401.

Cheating: its implications for ABFM examinees.

Annals of Family Medicine, 10(3), 274–275.

Examining Achievement Goal Orientations in Rural African American High School Students: CFA Results

PsycEXTRA Dataset.

Measuring Liberal/Conservative Voting Tendencies among U.S. Senators

Rasch Measurement Transactions, 26(2), 1366–1367.

Measuring protestant Christians' willingness to seek professional psychological help for mental illness: A Rasch Measurement analysis

Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 31(3), 195–204.

The reliability of american board of family medicine examinations: Implications for test takers

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 131–133.

Understanding the "sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy" on the MC-FP examination.

Annals of Family Medicine, 10(1), 81–82.

Understanding the "sum of subtest to overall score discrepancy" on the maintenance of certification-family practice examination

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(2), 260–261.