Completing a Quality Evaluation Report — What Clinical Supervisors Need to Know — A Faculty Development Workshop

Abstract

Abstract Introduction For medical students and residents completing the clinical portion of their training, clinical supervisors complete a large part of their learning assessment through the use of in-training evaluation (ITE). The supervisors document their evaluation on an in-training evaluation report (ITER). Physicians who supervise medical trainees have indicated that they want faculty development (FD) programs to help them improve their ability to complete the in-training evaluation reports that they are required to provide to trainees and their program directors. Based on both perceived and observed needs we chose to develop a FD workshop to teach clinical supervisors how to complete better quality ITERs. Methods The workshop can been given using different timelines. The workshop outline document describes the suggested timelines depending on if you want to plan a 1.5-hour, 2-hour, 2.5-hour or 3-hour workshop. The main changes are to the introductions and the amount of time for discussion and practice. Results This workshop has been evaluated as part of a multi-site research study. Two types of evaluation were used. First, a validated CME rating scale was used to assess participant satisfaction with the workshop. Second, we compared the quality of clinical supervisors' completed evaluation reports pre-workshop to those that they completed in the six months following the workshop. The quality of the evaluation reports was assessed using a validated tool, the completed clinical evaluation report rating (CCERR). Participants were highly satisfied with our workshop. We found a significant improvement in evaluation report quality following the workshop. Discussion This workshop focuses solely on the completion of evaluation reports. Many other barriers to accurately reporting training performance such as a lack of time for observation, limited trainee contact, etc. exist. Users of this workshop may want to incorporate it into a broader faculty development program that addresses more aspects of trainee assessment.

Keywords

• In-Training Report
• Trainee Learning