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Assessing resident's knowledge and communication skills using four different evaluation tools.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16836535     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: This study assesses the relationship between 4 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) outcome project measures for interpersonal and communication skills and medical knowledge; specifically, monthly performance evaluations, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs), the American Board of Family Practice in-training examination (ABFP-ITE) and the Davis observation code (DOC) practice style profiles. METHODS: Based on previous work, we have DOC scoring for 29 residents from the University of California, Davis Department of Family and Community Medicine. For all these residents we also had the results of monthly performance evaluations, 2 required OSCE exercises, and the results of 3 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) ITEs. Data for each of these measures were abstracted for each resident. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the presence or lack of correlation between each of these evaluation methods. RESULTS: There is little correlation between various evaluation methods used to assess medical knowledge, and there is also little correlation between various evaluation methods used to assess communication skills. CONCLUSION: The outcome project remains a 'work in progress', with the need for larger studies to assess the value of different assessment measures of resident competence. It is unlikely that DOC will become a useful evaluation tool.
Authors:
Jim Nuovo; Klea D Bertakis; Rahman Azari
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical education     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0308-0110     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Educ     Publication Date:  2006 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-07-13     Completed Date:  2006-10-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7605655     Medline TA:  Med Educ     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  630-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. james.nuovo@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Clinical Competence / standards*
Communication*
Employee Performance Appraisal / methods*,  standards
Internship and Residency / standards*
Physician-Patient Relations
Students, Medical*

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