Teaching and assessing competency in retinal lasers in ophthalmology residency

Michael D Abràmoff; James C Folk; Andrew G Lee; Hilary A Beaver; H Culver Boldt; University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology Task Force on the ACGME Competencies

Journal article

Teaching and assessing competency in retinal lasers in ophthalmology residency

Michael D Abràmoff, James C Folk, Andrew G Lee, Hilary A Beaver, H Culver Boldt and University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology Task Force on the ACGME Competencies

Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye, Vol.39(4), pp.270-280

07/2008

PMID: 18717431

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Abstract

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has mandated that residency programs teach and assess six specific competencies (ie, medical knowledge, patient care, communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism, practice-based learning, and systems-based learning). To the authors' knowledge, there is no standardized and widely used curriculum for teaching and assessing resident competencies in retinal lasers. The pertinent literature on resident education in retinal lasers is reviewed and specific "good practices" for teaching and assessing laser competency are presented. Development and deployment of educational tools that teach and assess laser competency simultaneously; are reliable, reproducible, and valid; have low faculty time burden; and are affordable, generalizable, and fair are recommended. Retinal laser competency can be taught and assessed in ophthalmology residency training programs. Future research will be needed to provide evidence that these teaching and assessment tools produce improved educational and patient outcomes and provide verifiable, reliable, and valid evidence of resident competence in retinal lasers.

Curriculum - standards

Internship and Residency

United States

Humans

Laser Therapy

Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - education

Teaching - methods

Educational Measurement - methods

Education, Medical, Graduate - standards

Clinical Competence - standards

Ophthalmology - education

Teaching - standards

Retinal Diseases - surgery

Details

Title: Subtitle: Teaching and assessing competency in retinal lasers in ophthalmology residency
Creators: Michael D Abràmoff - Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
James C Folk
Andrew G Lee
Hilary A Beaver
H Culver Boldt
University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology Task Force on the ACGME Competencies
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye, Vol.39(4), pp.270-280
Publisher: United States
PMID: 18717431
ISSN: 1542-8877
eISSN: 1938-2375
Language: English
Date published: 07/2008
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983806273702771

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