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Assessing resident's knowledge and communication skills using four different evaluation tools.

Jim Nuovo1, Klea D Bertakis, Rahman Azari

  • 1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. james.nuovo@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Medical Education
|July 14, 2006
PubMed
Summary

This study found little correlation between different evaluation methods for assessing resident medical knowledge and communication skills. Further research is needed to validate assessment tools for resident competence.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Graduate Medical Training
  • Resident Assessment

Background:

  • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) outcome project measures are crucial for evaluating resident competence.
  • Interpersonal and communication skills, along with medical knowledge, are key areas assessed in graduate medical education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the relationship between four ACGME outcome project measures: monthly performance evaluations, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs), American Board of Family Practice in-training examination (ABFP-ITE), and Davis observation code (DOC) practice style profiles.
  • To determine the correlation between various evaluation methods used for assessing medical knowledge and communication skills in residents.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 29 residents at the University of California, Davis Department of Family and Community Medicine.

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  • Collected scores for monthly performance evaluations, two OSCE exercises, three ABFM ITEs, and DOC practice style profiles.
  • Employed the Pearson correlation coefficient to analyze the relationships between these different assessment measures.

    • Main Results:

    • A low correlation was observed between the various evaluation methods used to assess medical knowledge.
    • Similarly, little correlation was found between the different evaluation methods assessing communication skills.

    Conclusions:

    • The ACGME outcome project is ongoing, highlighting the need for larger studies to validate resident assessment measures.
    • The Davis observation code (DOC) is unlikely to become a valuable tool for evaluating resident competence.