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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
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The development of a competency-based assessment rubric to measure resident milestones
Background:
The outcomes-based assessment rubric is a novel systematic instrument for documenting improvement in clinical learning.
Approach:
This article describes the development of a rubric aimed at introducing specific performance indicators to measure the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies.
Results:
The potential benefits and implications for medical education include specifying performance indicators and outcomes, ensuring that assessment is coherent and consistent for all residents, measuring resident outcomes based on real-life criteria, providing opportunities for residents to demonstrate proficiency in a specific competency and outcome level, and improving the quality of assessment.
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