1. Rotational Evaluations: The attending physician evaluates a resident/fellow in writing and the performance is reviewed with him/her during and at the completion of each rotation.
2. General Competencies: In addition to the global evaluation completed by the attending physician, the resident is evaluated periodically in the following areas: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice. An overview of the evaluations is included in the following chart.

 

General Competencies	Evaluation Tools Used or In Development
Patient Care
Medical Knowledge
Interpersonal & Communication Skills
Professionalism
Practice Based Learning
Systems Based Practice

c.  Semi-annual Evaluation: as per RRC requirements, an overall written evaluation of each resident is completed approximately every 6 months with feedback communicated personally to each resident in a timely manner by the program director or his/her designee.

d.  Final Evaluation: the program director provides a written final evaluation for each resident who completes the program. This includes a review of the resident’s performance during the final period of training and verifies that the resident has demonstrated sufficient professional ability to practice competently and independently. This final evaluation is part of the resident’s permanent record maintained by the program.

2. Evaluation of Faculty: Teaching faculty are evaluated at least annually on their teaching ability, clinical knowledge, attitude and communication skills. Residents’ evaluations of the faculty member are confidential in that all identifying information is removed before the information is shared with the faculty member. Information from the evaluations are reviewed with the faculty member by the ___________(division chief or departmental chair) at the time of the annual review or sooner if necessary.

3. Evaluation of the Training Program: Residents evaluate the training program at least annually through written confidential evaluations and through the Annual GME Survey administered by the Graduate Medical Education Committee. The departmental educational committee (which includes resident representatives) considers resident performance, outcome assessment results and these program evaluations to improve the residency program and to determine the educational effectiveness of the program.

4. Evaluation of Graduates: (some programs are required to do this) The training program maintains a system of evaluation of its graduates including demographic and practice profiles, licensure and board certification, the residents' perceptions of the relevance of training to practice, suggestions for improving the training and ideas for new areas for curriculum. Graduates are surveyed after one and five years. This data is used to determine the degree to which the program's stated goals are being met.