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Objective: The authors assessed residents’ perceptions of techniques used to evaluate competency. Methods: Psychiatry residents from a single program rated 12 evaluation techniques for their effectiveness to measure resident competency. They rated each method for 25 selected skills reflecting the six general competencies. Results: Sixteen residents (70%) completed the survey. Responses indicated that different methods were effective for different competencies. Residents saw objective structured clinical examinations and standardized patients as equally effective. They favored the 360° evaluation method for all competencies except medical knowledge. Resident perception of the effective techniques differed from preferred techniques identified by measurement experts. Conclusions: Residency program directors using guidelines from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to select preferred evaluations may find that residents do not have the same perceptions.
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This study was supported in part by the Edward J. Stemmler M.D. Medical Education Research Fund of the National Board of Medical Examiners, “Demonstration of a Portfolio Assessment in Residency Education” (P.S. O’Sullivan, PI, #60-9899).
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Cogbill, K.K., O’Sullivan, P.S. & Clardy, J. Residents’ Perception of Effectiveness of Twelve Evaluation Methods for Measuring Competency. Acad Psychiatry 29, 76–81 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.29.1.76
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.29.1.76