Practical Guide to the Assessment of Clinical Competence

Chapter Number Chapter Title1 Assessment Challenges in the Era of Outcomes-Based Education 2 Issues of Validity and Reliability for Assessments in Medical Education 3 Evaluation Frameworks, Forms, and Global Rating Scales 4 Direct Observation 5 Direct Observation: Standardized Patients 6 Using Written Examinations to Assess Medical Knowledge and Its Application 7 Assessing Clinical Reasoning in the Workplace 8 Workplace-Based Assessment of Procedural Skills 9 Milestones and EPAs 10 Evaluating Evidence-Based Practice 11 Clinical Practice Review 12 Multisource Feedback 13 Simulation-Based Assessment 14 Feedback and Coaching in Clinical Teaching and Learning 15 Portfolios 16 The Learner With a Problem or the Problem Learner? Working With Dyscompetent Learners 17 Program Evaluation

As Chief, Research, Milestone Development and Evaluation Officer of the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) and Senior Vice President for Quality Research and Academic Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, he is on the cutting edge of assessment and evaluation requirements present and future. He is also Professor Adjunct of Medicine at Yale University. Prior to joining the ABIM in 2004, he was the was Associate Program Director, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Director of Student Clinical Assessment, Yale School of Medicine, Director of Faculty Development, Department of Medicine, and Assistant Director for the Yale Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Prior to joining Yale in 2000, he served as division chief of General Internal Medicine at the National Naval Medical Center. His research interests include interventions to improve quality of care and methods in the evaluation of clinical competence. Dr. Holmobe also teaches a 2-3 day course at various hubs around the country which includes a comprehensive syllabus around practical assessment techniques. The first edition of the book was based on this successful intensive faculty development course, which itself was rigorously studied in randomized controlled trials, and now includes a copy of the text as part of the tuition.