ContextCurrent assessment formats for physicians and trainees reliably test core knowledge
and basic skills. However, they may underemphasize some important domains of …

Context The relative advantages and disadvantages of checklists and global rating scales
(GRS s) have long been debated. To compare the merits of these scale types, we conducted …

This book and its companion, Skills for Communicating with Patients, Second Edition,
provide a comprehensive approach to improving communication in medicine. Fully updated …

Accreditation of residency programs and certification of physicians requires assessment of
competence in communication and interpersonal skills. Residency and continuing medical …

Methods Two aspects of reliability were examined, interrater reliability and internal
consistency. To assess interrater reliability, intraclass correlations were calculated for 114 …

This article presents lessons learnt from experiences with assessment of professional
competence. Based on Miller's pyramid, a distinction is made between established …

ContextAlthough physicians' communication skills have been found to be related to clinical
outcomes and patient satisfaction, teaching of communication skills has not been fully …

This article examines uses and characteristics of the SEGUE Framework, a research-based
checklist of medical communication tasks. A recent survey of US and Canadian medical …

Formative assessments can enhance and enrich student learning. Typically, these have
been used to provide feedback against end-of-course standards and prepare students for …

Purpose Assessing professionalism is hampered by varying definitions and these
definitions' lack of a clear breakdown of the elements of professionalism into aspects that …