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Workplace-based assessment: raters' performance theories and constructs.

M J B Govaerts1, M W J Van de Wiel, L W T Schuwirth

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Raters use personal theories and performance schemas to judge trainees in workplace-based assessment (WBA). Experienced raters utilize more specific schemas, impacting assessment quality and training needs.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Cognition

Background:

  • Workplace-based assessment (WBA) utility is often limited by rater judgment inconsistencies.
  • Understanding rater behavior is crucial for improving assessment accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how raters form impressions and make judgments on trainee performance in WBA.
  • To explore the role of social cognition and person perception in rater decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized think-aloud procedures and verbal protocol analysis with experienced and inexperienced raters.
  • Employed qualitative data analysis for schema content and usage, and quantitative assessment of rater idiosyncrasy and expertise effects.

Main Results:

  • Developed a normative performance theory with seventeen dimensions; substantial rater idiosyncrasy was found, unrelated to expertise.
  • Experienced raters used task-specific performance schemas more frequently than inexperienced raters.
  • Raters began forming person schemas early in observation, influencing judgments.

Conclusions:

  • Rater judgments in WBA are based on personal theories and schemas, with expertise influencing information processing.
  • Findings enhance understanding of judgment processes in WBA, informing rater training and assessment design.
  • Improving rater training and assessment tools can enhance decision-making in WBA.