Journal article
Five Strategies for Successful Assessment in Graduate Medical Education
World medical and health policy, Vol.6(1), pp.51-62
03/01/2014
DOI: 10.1002/wmh3.84
Abstract
This discussion provides faculty, or anyone conducting their own assessment, with five key strategies for useful assessment in graduate medical education (GME) and the broader higher education environment with or without the benefit of pre-existing learning objectives. Higher education faculty, including GME, are not trained to develop their own assessment strategies (Hutchings, 2010). Consequently, developing assessment "from the ground up" can be an arduous process, particularly without previous strategies in place. We introduce the strategies using a freestanding evidence-based medicine curriculum as a case. The five strategies are: (1) know your situation; (2) clarify your purpose; (3) use what you have; (4) fit the instrument to your purpose, not the other way around; and (5) get consistent and critical feedback. These five strategies should prove beneficial in making sure effective assessment data is gathered efficiently as medical education moves towards a competency-based model.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Five Strategies for Successful Assessment in Graduate Medical Education
- Creators
- Patrick B. Barlow - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleTiffany L. Smith - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleGary Skolits - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- World medical and health policy, Vol.6(1), pp.51-62
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/wmh3.84
- ISSN
- 1948-4682
- eISSN
- 1948-4682
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- ICTS; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984360151602771
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