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- Title
Competency-based achievement system: using formative feedback to teach and assess family medicine residents' skills.
- Authors
Ross S; Poth CN; Donoff M; Humphries P; Steiner I; Schipper S; Janke F; Nichols D; Ross, Shelley; Poth, Cheryl N; Donoff, Michel; Humphries, Paul; Steiner, Ivan; Schipper, Shirley; Janke, Fred; Nichols, Darren
- Abstract
<bold>Problem Addressed: </bold>Family medicine residency programs require innovative means to assess residents' competence in "soft" skills (eg, patient-centred care, communication, and professionalism) and to identify residents who are having difficulty early enough in their residency to provide remedial training.<bold>Objective Of Program: </bold>To develop a method to assess residents' competence in various skills and to identify residents who are having difficulty.<bold>Program Description: </bold>The Competency-Based Achievement System (CBAS) was designed to measure competence using 3 main principles: formative feedback, guided self-assessment, and regular face-to-face meetings. The CBAS is resident driven and provides a framework for meaningful interactions between residents and advisors. Residents use the CBAS to organize and review their feedback, to guide their own assessment of their progress, and to discern their future learning needs. Advisors use the CBAS to monitor, guide, and verify residents' knowledge of and competence in important skills.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>By focusing on specific skills and behaviour, the CBAS enables residents and advisors to make formative assessments and to communicate their findings. Feedback indicates that the CBAS is a user-friendly and helpful system to assess competence.
- Publication
Canadian Family Physician / Médecin de Famille Canadien, 2011, Vol 57, Issue 9, pe323
- ISSN
0008-350X
- Publication type
journal article