Peer assessment of professional competence

• Published in: Medical education Vol. 39; no. 7; pp. 713 - 722
• Main Authors: Dannefer, Elaine F, Henson, Lindsey C, Bierer, S Beth, Grady-Weliky, Tana A, Meldrum, Sean, Nofziger, Anne C, Barclay, Craig, Epstein, Ronald M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.07.2005; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Competence - standards; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Data Collection; Decision Making; education; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - standards; Educational Measurement - standards; Educational sciences; Humans; medical; Medical and paramedical education; Peer Review; Professional Competence - standards; reproducibility of results; students; Teaching methods; undergraduate/standards; Evaluation; Skill; medical; Achievement Measurement; education; medical; reproducibility of results; Attitude; Medical staff; undergraduate/ standards; educational measurement/ standards; professional competence/ standards; attitude of health personnel; peer review; students

Background  Current assessment formats for medical students reliably test core knowledge and basic skills. Methods for assessing other important domains of competence, such as interpersonal skills, humanism and teamwork skills, are less well developed. This study describes the development, implement...