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Using qualitative data from a program director's evaluation form as an outcome measurement for medical school.
- Source :
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Military Medicine . Jun2010, Vol. 175 Issue 6, p448-452. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Medical education programs need outcome measurements to promote curriculum improvement and to help meet accreditation standards.<bold>Purpose: </bold>Determine the added value of qualitative comments written by program directors (PDs) in response to a survey concerning first postgraduate year (PGY-1) graduates. We hypothesized that these comments would serve as an additional outcome measurement for our graduates, adding information not readily captured in numeric data.<bold>Methods: </bold>PD evaluation form surveys from 1993-2002. All qualitative comments offered in response to free text questions were coded and compared with numeric ratings.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 1,247 surveys were included (80% response rate). Comments about specific graduates were coded as positive, negative, or neutral and were categorized into themes. Inter-rater reliability was high (kappa= 0.82). Compared with 4% of graduates who received one or more numeric ratings of less than satisfactory, 7% had one or more qualitative phrases classified as negative.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Qualitative comments can serve as a useful outcome measurement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00264075
- Volume :
- 175
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Military Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 105036410
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-09-00044