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Assessing curriculum strengths and weaknesses

Residency Program Insider, September 23, 2020

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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from The Residency Program Director’s Handbook, Third Edition. For more information about this book, click here.

Curricular outcomes can be assessed in many ways. The most common method of measuring a program’s strengths and weaknesses is a survey. After an individual lecture, learners can easily provide their opinion and constructive suggestions through a single session evaluation. It is recommended that residents complete an evaluation for every scheduled learning activity in which they participate. Valuable information about resident reactions can be gleaned from rotation evaluations, as residents are required to evaluate their clinical rotation, their teaching faculty members, and the stressors associated with the rotation. ACGME and institutional surveys, as well as annual program evaluations, can provide additional global information regarding the program’s educational curriculum quality. Finally, graduate surveys can provide perspective on opportunities to improve the residents’ preparedness for practice.
 



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