ACGME Competencies: Suggested Best Methods for Evaluation.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - Outcome Project. Specifies in matrix form the clinical assessment methods recommended for evaluating each of the six ACGME competency areas, i.e., Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement, Interpersonal & Communications Skills, Professionalism and Systems-Based Practice. PDF file. |
Clinical Competence Monthly Evaluation Form.
American Academy of Pediatrics. A simple rating scale for assessing pediatric residents. Scale items include: Gathering Data By History, Physical Examination and Laboratory Studies; Medical Knowledge, Assessing Data and Arriving at a Diagnosis; Managing Problems and Maintaining Health; Interpersonal Relationships with Patients?Families and Health Team; Interpersonal Work Habits & Personal Qualities, and Attitudes, Professional Behavior, Moral and Ethical Characteristics. |
Clinical Examination.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Provides guidance on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Clinical Exam a 20 station OSCE required by the Board of Basic Surgical Training. Includes links to Candidate Instructions, an Exam Reading List, a Personal Development Plan and a set of three Clinical Examination Learning Guides covering Pre-operative, Intra-operative and Post-operative Care and Assessment. |
Competency Assessment Tool for Nurses Educated & Trained Oversees in non-EU Countires.
Irish Nursing Board. Provides a framework for assessing nurses from non-EU countries. Based on the competencies that nursing students must reach on completion of the education programme for entry to the register (Irish Nursing Board's Requirements and Standards for Nurse Registration Education Programmes, 2000). |
Competency Evaluation Resources.
Indiana University School of Medicine. Outlines and describes the tools used by the Indiana University School of Medicine to assess the curriculum's 9 competency areas at each level of of its 3 progressive levels. |
Examples of Assessment Approaches.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - Outcome Project. Provides dozens of examples of specific instruments or approaches being used to assess the general graduate medical education competencies defined by ACGME, i.e., Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Professionalism, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement and Patient Care. Information regarding the technical, psychometric and practical characteristics of each approach is provided. Although medically oriented, the examples have broad applicability to all health professionals with direct patient care responsibilities. |
Integrated Clinical Evaluation Exercise.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Outlines the student objectives and typical format for the integrated curriculum evaluation exercise used to assess 4th year medical students at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Includes faculty instructions. |
N421 (Nursing of the Client with Complex Acute Health Needs) Clinical Evaluation Tool.
University of Kansas Medical Center - School of Nursing. From the University of Kansas Medical Center - School of Nursing. A good example of a comprehensive competency-based clinical checklist based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing curriculum standards. |
Objective Structured Clinical Examination.
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation. Outlines the historial development and use of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for assessing clinical competence in rehabilitative medicine at Kessler. Site includes sample cases, rating scales and a selected list of related publications. Also available is PDF orientation booklet for rehab residents |
Objective Structured Clinical Examination Resident Orientation Booklet.
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation. An 8-page booklet for residents that outlines the structure of the Kessler OSCE. Includes the rating scale used by the standardized patients and tips on preparation. |
Preceptor Assessment of Student Performance.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. A short online form used by family medicine clerkship preceptors to evaulate student performance. Dimensions include Patient Care/Clinical Knowledge, Interpersonal Skills & Professionalism, and Specialty Items |
The Mini-CEX Brochure.
American Board of Internal Medicine. Describes the use of the American Board of Internal Medicine mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX), designed as an observational measure of resident-patient interaction. Includes the competencies measured and the rating form. |
Toolbox of Assessment Methods.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and American Board of Medical Specialties. Describes the use and psychometric properties of a variety of clinical evaluation/assessment instruments, including the 360-Degree Evaluation Instrument; Chart Stimulated Recall Oral Examination (CSR); Checklist and Rating Evaluations of Live or Recorded Performance; Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE); Procedure, Operative, or Case Logs; Patient Surveys; Portfolios; Record Review; Simulations and Models; Standardized Oral Examinations; Standardized Patient Examination (SP); Written Examination (MCQ). Also provides a Glossary and List of Suggested References. PDF file. |
Triple Jump Exercise.
Indiana University School of Medicine. Describes the design and sequence of the Triple Jump Exercise used by the Indiana University School of Medicine to assess medical students' competence in Communication Skills, Lifelong Learning and Problem - Solving. |
Your Role in Evaluating Internal Medicine Residents.
American Board of Internal Medicine. Outlines the role of attending physicians in the evaluation of residents. Covers the Six General Competencies, Opportunities and Settings for Evaluation, Defining Performance Ratings, Documentation, Types of Feedback, and the Mini-CEX. |
Representative Tools (15 links) 