The acceptability, feasibility and educational impact of a new tool for formative assessment of the consultation performance of specialty registrars in an Irish general practice training scheme
Authors: Dowling, Stephanie; Rouse, Martin; Farrell, John; Gannon, Lucia; Sullivan, Gerry; Cussen, Katie
Source: Education for Primary Care, Volume 18, Number 6, November 2007 , pp. 724-735(12)
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
Key:
- Free Content
- New Content
- Subscribed Content
- Free Trial Content
- Free Content
- New Content
- Subscribed Content
- Free Trial Content
Abstract:
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN IN THIS AREA• Research from the UK shows that the formative assessment of consultation skills using the Leicester assessment package has good educational impact.• Feedback on video-recordings of consultations has been demonstrated to be an effective means of learning and changing behaviour.WHAT THIS WORK ADDS• This is the first study reporting on the formative assessment of consultation skills using video-recordings of consultations in the setting of an Irish general practice training programme.SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH• This assessment tool should be evaluated in larger numbers of specialty registrars and across Irish general practice training programmes.Keywords: ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS; CONSULTATION SKILLS; FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE REGISTRARS; INTERNATIONAL; VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Document Type: Research article
Key:
- Free Content
- New Content
- Subscribed Content
- Free Trial Content
- Free Content
- New Content
- Subscribed Content
- Free Trial Content
Click here for Page Help