Use of critical incidents to develop a rating form for resident evaluation of faculty teaching.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2006
Abstract
CONTEXT: Monitoring the teaching effectiveness of attending physicians is important to enhancing the quality of graduate medical education.
METHODS: We used a critical incident technique with 35 residents representing a cross-section of programmes in a teaching hospital to develop a 23-item rating form. We obtained ratings of 11 attending physicians in internal medicine and general surgery from 54 residents. We performed linear and logistic regression analysis to relate the items on the form to the residents' overall ratings of the attending physicians and the programme directors' ratings of the attending physicians.
RESULTS: The residents rated the attending physicians highly in most areas, but lower in provision of feedback, clarity of written communication and cost-effectiveness in making clinical decisions. When we used the residents' overall ratings as the criterion, the most important aspects of attending physicians' teaching were clarity of written communication, cost-effectiveness, commitment of time and energy and whether the resident would refer a family member or friend to the physician. When we used the programme directors' ratings as the criterion, the additional important aspects of performance were concern for the residents' professional well-being, knowledge of the literature and the delivery of clear verbal and written communication.
CONCLUSIONS: The critical incident technique can be used to develop an instrument that demonstrates content and construct validity. We found that residents consider commitment of time to teaching and clinical effectiveness to be the most important dimensions of faculty teaching. Other important dimensions include written and verbal communication, cost-effectiveness and concern for residents' professional development.
Volume
40
Issue
12
First Page
1201
Last Page
1208
ISSN
0308-0110
Published In/Presented At
Silber, C., Novielli, K., Paskin, D., Brigham, T., Kairys, J., Kane, G., & Veloski, J. (2006). Use of critical incidents to develop a rating form for resident evaluation of faculty teaching. Medical education, 40(12), 1201–1208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02631.x
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
17118114
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article