Assessing Progression of Resident Proficiency during Ophthalmology Residency Training: Utility of Serial Clinical Skill Evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has mandated that residency programs document progression of competency-based outcomes. The Ophthalmic Clinical Evaluation Exercise (OCEX) assesses clinical skills in ophthalmology residents during patient encounters. Although OCEX has been validated for assessing several of the ACGME-mandated competencies, it was unclear whether OCEX can measure the development of proficiency during residency. This study evaluated whether OCEX can discriminate skill levels across years in training.

Methods

In 2017, the authors performed a retrospective analysis on modified OCEX evaluations collected for 22 residents over 3 years at 2 residency programs. OCEX subcomponent scores were averaged to generate a mean score

SUBMITTER: Paley GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870798 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature