Using Individual Clinical Evaluations to Assess Residents ’ Clinical Judgment; Feasibility and Residents’ Perception

In surgical training, most assessment tools focus on advanced clinical decision-making or operative skill. Available tools often require significant investment of resources and time. A high stakes oral examination is also required to become board-certified in surgery. We developed Individual Clinical Evaluation (ICE) to evaluate intern-level clinical decision-making in a time- and cost-efficient manner, and to introduce the face-to-face evaluation setting.

Source: Journal of Surgical Education - October 4, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Rodrigo Calvillo-Ortiz, Kristin E. Raven, Manuel Castillo-Angeles, Ammara A. Watkins, Courtney E. Barrows, Benjamin C. James, Christopher G. Boyd, Jonathan F. Critchlow, Tara S. Kent Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research