The new format for the documents to evaluate specialized healthcare training: an inadvertent revolution

The recent publication of the resolution through which the basic directives about the contents of the documents to accredit the assessments of specialists in training maintains the model but incorporates new elements that enable important changes in the assessment. The resolution has errors and is confusing because the rules are hidden in the instructions for filling out the forms and in footnotes. Nevertheless, the resolution is more than a simple change in the forms: it is a step toward a more current assessment based on the evaluation of residents' competence. The most significant changes are a stronger role for collaborating teachers, an increase in the number of possible reasons for negative assessments, and the establishment of the rotation as the basic unit of analysis.