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Discriminatory ability of milestones: An analysis of milestone variability by obstetrics and gynecology subspecialty
- Source :
- Research and Development in Medical Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 2-2 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Maad Rayan Publishing Company, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Little evidence exists regarding Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) milestone discriminatory ability. This short report describes variability in milestone scores by category to determine their utility in discerning high and low performers in a single Obstetrics and Gynecology residency. Methods: A Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) design was implemented with four subcommittees, each responsible for a predetermined milestones subset: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Ambulatory Practice, and Professional Activities. Milestone scores for 44 residents per year over four biannual evaluation cycles (2014-2016) were evaluated, for a total of 176 independent evaluations. Results: Findings indicate that discriminatory ability, assessed by variability between resident scores, differed by subcommittee. Subcommittees that were primarily tasked with evaluating clinical- and procedural-based milestones demonstrated lower discriminatory ability among trainees. Conclusion: Greater Professional Activity milestone variability indicates better differentiation; future research should determine correlation of these findings with other professionalism performance metrics and novel intervention strategies.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics
Graduate medical education
02 engineering and technology
Subspecialty
Professional activity
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Obstetrics and gynaecology
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
Milestone (project management)
030212 general & internal medicine
Accreditation
obstetrics and gynecology
lcsh:LC8-6691
lcsh:Special aspects of education
business.industry
clinical competency committees
General Medicine
competency-based medical education
Family medicine
milestones
residency
lcsh:L
business
professionalism
lcsh:Education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23222719
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Research and Development in Medical Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b97f60372eae0da973bc51b1724d5b28