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Assessing residents' performance in C-L psychiatry. Work in progress
W Johnson1, B Frankel, P Muskin
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.
General Hospital Psychiatry
|March 1, 1994
Summary
Psychiatry residents
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Medical Education
Background:
- Psychiatry Resident In Training Examination (PRITE) scores assess knowledge but not clinical skills in consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry.
- A gap exists in evaluating the clinical performance of C-L psychiatry residents.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a system for assessing the clinical skills of consultation-liaison psychiatry residents.
- To address the lack of standardized clinical skills assessment in C-L psychiatry training.
Main Methods:
- A task force was formed by the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Section of the Association for Academic Psychiatry.
- Development of a methodology for assessing clinical performance.
- Creation of a prototype evaluation form and usage guidelines.
Main Results:
- A methodology for assessing C-L psychiatry residents' clinical performance has been established.
- A prototype evaluation form designed for clinical skills assessment is presented.
- Instructions for the effective use of the evaluation tool are provided.
Conclusions:
- The developed system offers a standardized approach to evaluating C-L psychiatry residents' clinical skills.
- This work provides a foundation for improving the assessment of C-L psychiatry trainees.
- The new tool aims to complement existing knowledge-based assessments like PRITE.