Assessment Articles in Medical Education

Carraccio C, Englander R. (2004). Evaluating competence using a portfolio: a literature review and web-based application to the ACGME competencies. Teach Learn Med, 16(4):381-387.

Swick S, Hall S, Beresin E. (2006). Assessing the ACGME Competencies in Psychiatry Training programs. Academic Psychiatry, 30:330–351.

Epstein, R. & Hundert, E. (2002). Defining and assessing professional competence. JAMA, 287:226-235.

Noricini, J. & McKinley, K. (2007). Assessment methods in medical education. Teacher and Teacher Education, 23:239-250.

1. Medical Knowledge 
Anderson CI, Jentz AB, Harkema JM, Rao KL, Apelgren KN, Slomski CA.(2005). Assessing the competencies in general surgery residency training. The American Journal of Surgery, 189(3): 288-292.

Bhatti NI, Cummings CW. (2007). Competency in surgical residency training: defining and raising the bar. Acad Med, 82(6):569-73.

2. Patient Care
Cydulka C, Emerman C. & Jouriles N. (1996). Evaluation of resident performance and intensive bedside teaching during direct observation. Academic Emergency Medicine, 3: 345-351.

King RW, Schiavone F, Counselman FL, Panacek EA. (2002). Patient Care Competency in Emergency Medicine Graduate Medical Education: Results of a Consensus Group on Patient Care. Academic Emergency Medicine, 9(11):1227–1235.

Sachdeva A, Blair P. (2004). Educating surgery residents in patient safety. Surgical Clinics of North America. 84(6):1669-1698.

Girzadas DV Jr., Clay L, Caris J, Rzechula K, Harwood R. (2007). High fidelity simulation can discriminate between novice and experienced residents when assessing competency in patient care. Medical Teacher, 29(5):472-6.

3. Professionalism
Arnold, L. (2002). Assessing professional behavior: Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Academic Medicine, 77(6):502-515.

Bryan, R., Krych, A., Carmichael, S. Viggiano, T. & Pawlina, W. (2005). Assessing professionalism in early medical education: Experience with peer evaluation and self-evaluation in the Gross Anatomy class. Annals Academy of Medicine, 34:486-491.

Lee AG, Beaver HA, Boldt HC, Olson R, Oetting TA, Abramoff M, Carter K. (2007). Teaching and assessing professionalism in ophthalmology residency training programs. Surv Ophthalmology, 52(3):300-14.

Luijk, S.J., Smeets, J. G., Smits, J., Wolfhagen, I. & Perquin, M. L. Assessing professional behaviour and the role of academic advice at the Maastricht Medical School. Medical Teacher, 22:168-172.

Veloski JJ, Fields SK, Boex JR, Blank LL. (2005), Measuring professionalism: a review of studies with instruments reported in the literature between 1982 and 2002. Acad Med. 80(4):366-370.

vanZanten, M., Boulet, J, Norcini, J, & McKinley, D. (2005). Using standardised patient assessment to measure professional attributes. Medical Education, 39:20-29.

4. Practice-based learning and improvement
Reich LM, David RA. (2005). Comprehensive Educational Performance Improvement (CEPI): An Innovative Competency-based Assessment Tool. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 72(9):300-306.

Staton LJ, Kraemer SM, Patel S, Talente GM, Estrada CA. (2007). Peer chart audits: A tool to meet Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency in practice-based learning and improvement. Implementation Science 2(24).
    
 5. Systems-based practice
David RA, Reich LM. (2005). The Creation and Evaluation of a Systems-Based Practice/Managed Care Curriculum in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 72(5):296-299.

Tomolo A, Caron A, Perz ML, Fultz T, Aron DC. (2005). The Outcomes Card. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20(8):769-771.

Reisdorff EJ, Hayes OW, Walker GL, Carlson DJ. (2002). Evaluating Systems-based Practice in Emergency Medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine 9(11):1350–1354.

6. Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Hobgood, C.D., Riviello, R.J.& Jouriles, N. (2002). Assessment of communication and interpersonal skills. Academic Emergency Medicine, 9(11):1257-1269.

Hook KM, Pfeiffer CA. (2007). Impact of a new curriculum on medical students' interpersonal and interviewing skills. Medical Education, 41(2):154-159.

Hulsman RL, Mollema ED, Hoos AM, De Haes JCJM, Donnison-Speijer JD. (2004). Assessment of medical communication skills by computer: assessment method and student experiences. Medical Education, 38(8): 813-824.

Jagadeesan R, Kalyan DN, Lee P, Stinnett S, Challa P. (2008). Use of a Standardized Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire to Assess the Quality of Care Provided by Ophthalmology Residents. Ophthalmology, 115:738-743.

Jouriles NJ, Emerman CL, Cydulka RK. (2002). Direct observation for assessing emergency medicine core competencies: interpersonal skills. Academic Emergency Medicine, 9(11): 1338-41.

Mazor KM, Haley HL, Sullivan K, Quirk ME. (2007). The Video-Based Test of Communication Skills: Description, Development, and Preliminary Findings. Teaching & Learning in Medicine, 19(2):162-167.

Nuovo J, Bertakis KD, Azari R. (2006). Assessing resident's knowledge and communication skills using four different evaluation tools. Medical Education, 40(7): 630-6.

Reisdorff EJ, Hughes MJ, Castaneda C, Carlson DJ, Donohue WA, Fediuk TA, Hughes WP. (2006). Developing a valid evaluation for interpersonal and communication skills. Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(10): 1056-61.

Shayne P, Gallahue F, Rinnert S, Anderson CL, Hern G, Katz E. (2006). Reliability of a core competency checklist assessment in the emergency department: the Standardized Direct Observation Assessment Tool,  CORD SDOT Study Group. Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(7): 727-32

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