Assessors' scores in performance assessments are known to be highly variable. Attempted
improvements through training or rating format have achieved minimal gains. The …

The recent rise of interest among the medical education community in individual faculty
making subjective judgments about medical trainee performance appears to be directly …

Context A recent study has suggested that assessors judge performance comparatively
rather than against fixed standards. Ratings assigned to borderline trainees were found to …

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN IN THIS AREA• Judgements based on observation of
colleagues' performance are commonplace in medical education.• Increasing the complexity …

Purpose–This study aims to investigate quality of feedback as offered by supervisor-
assessors with varying levels of assessor expertise following assessment of performance in …

Context Performance assessments, such as workplace‐based assessments (WBA s),
represent a crucial component of assessment strategy in medical education. Persistent …

An essential goal of evaluation is to foster learning. Across the medical education spectrum,
evaluation of clinical performance is dominated by subjective feedback to learners based on …

Context Teaching faculty cannot reliably distinguish between satisfactory and unsatisfactory
resident performances and give non‐specific feedback. Objectives This study aimed to test …

While portfolios are increasingly used to assess competence, the validity of such portfolio-
based assessments has hitherto remained unconfirmed. The purpose of the present …

When appraising the performance of others, assessors must acquire relevant information
and process it in a meaningful way in order to translate it effectively into ratings, comments …