Watching anaesthetists work: using the professional judgement of consultants to assess the developing clinical competence of trainees

Authors: Greaves J.D.¹; Grant J.²

Source: BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia, Volume 84, Number 4, April 2000 , pp. 525-53(-471)

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Abstract:

One of the responsibilities of a consultant is to identify the clinical competence of trainees by observing them at work. The attributes of clinical competence in anaesthesia were defined by interviewing a group of consultants and trainees. Observation of practice was believed to be important in monitoring competence and the supervising consultants all believed that they could recognize competent performance. The account of the structure of observation provided by the anaesthetists is used as the basis of advice on how to conduct an assessment of trainees’ developing professionalism by use of the specialist’s professional judgement.

Keywords: anaesthesia, assessment; education

Document Type: Original article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK. 2: Joint Centre for Education in Medicine, 33 Millman Street, London WC1N 3EJ, UK

Publication date: 2000-04-01

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Founded in 1923, one year after the first anaesthetic journal was published by the International Anaesthesia Research Society, the British Journal of Anaesthesia remains the oldest and largest independent journal of anaesthesia. It became the journal of The College of Anaesthetists in 1990. The College was granted a Royal Charter in 1992. Although there are educational links between the BJA and the College, the journal retains editorial independence.