Abstract
A comprehensive system of resident evaluation was developed to provide a comparable system of evaluation across training sites by providing data on the clinical performance of residents for feedback and decision making, by providing data for feedback to faculty on their rating techniques, and producing an organizational model and packaged program for application in other settings.
An evaluation form which assesses twelve areas of professional behavior was developed. Faculty complete a form at the end of each rotation for the residents with whom they worked. Data from March 1980 to February 1981 were reviewed. Over 400 forms were distributed on approximately 90 residents on pediatric teaching services.
Analysis revealed both the mean and the mode of the evaluations to be 7.0 on a 9.0 scale with the evaluators essentially working within a five point range (5 to 9). In order to encourage compliance in returning the forms and improve the usefulness of the form by the full use of the nine point scale during assessments, the program director provides information on the system in a general faculty meeting as well as individual faculty feedback. The evaluations were used to provide feedback to individual residents on their performance and to "flag" poor performers for remedial work. Current studies are assessing the impact of the feedback.
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Black, M., Pack, C. & Baker, G. A SYSTEM REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF RESIDENTS BY FACULTY. Pediatr Res 18 (Suppl 4), 228 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-00810
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-00810