The Ottawa Emergency Department Shift Observation Tool (O-EDShOT): A New Tool for Assessing Resident Competence in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The outcome of emergency medicine (EM) training is to produce physicians who can competently run an emergency department (ED) shift. However, there are few tools with supporting validity evidence specifically designed to assess multiple key competencies across an entire shift. The investigators developed and gathered validity evidence for a novel entrustment-based tool to assess a resident's ability to safely run an ED shift.

Methods

Through a nominal group technique, local and national stakeholders identified dimensions of performance that are reflective of a competent ED physician and are required to safely manage an ED shift. These were included as items in the Ottawa Emergency Department Shift Observation Tool (O-EDShOT), and each item was scored using an entr

SUBMITTER: Cheung WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592826 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature