Group Assessment of Resident Performance: Valuable for Program Director Judgment?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Group discussion of resident performance is an emerging assessment approach in postgraduate medical education. However, groups do not necessarily make better decisions than individuals.

Objective

This study examined how group meetings concerning the assessment of residents take place, what information is shared during the meetings, and how this influences program directors' judgment of resident performance.

Methods

In 2017, the researchers observed 10 faculty group meetings where resident performance was discussed and interviewed the program directors within a month after the meetings. We used a thematic framework analysis to identify themes from the transcribed meetings and interviews.

Results

The information shared by group members during the meeti

SUBMITTER: Duitsman ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature