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. 2021 Apr 23;13(2 Suppl):113–119. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-20-00856.1

Table 2.

Examples of Recommended Core Assessment Tools/Methods By Competency to Support Programmatic Assessment

Competency Competency-Based Assessment Options
Medical knowledge and clinical reasoning
  • In-training examination

  • Faculty work-based assessments

  • Chart stimulated recall, Assessment of Reasoning Tool, others

Patient care and procedural skills
  • Work-based clinical assessment through direct observation of the individual during care delivery

  • Faculty and peer assessment

  • Standardized assessments

  • Simulation

Professionalism
  • Informed self-assessment

  • Multisource feedback, such as a 360-degree evaluation

  • Patient experience surveys

Communication
  • Patient reported feedback and experience surveys

  • Multisource feedback, such as a 360-degree evaluation, especially regarding interprofessional care

Practice-based learning and improvement
  • Evaluation of knowledge, skills, and attitudes from participation in systematic efforts to improve the quality, safety, or value of health care services

  • Audit and feedback of the medical record

  • Review of medical errors and patient safety events

  • Evidence-based practice logs

Systems-based practice
  • Feedback from multiple faculty evaluations regarding ability to practice in a complex health care system

  • Multisource feedback, such as a 360-degree evaluation, especially regarding interprofessional care

  • Assessment of cost-conscious care