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On-call assessment tool can be used to rate residents
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A new assessment tool can be used to rate the on-call performance of residents, according to the group that devised the instrument.
Karl C. Golnik, MD, and colleagues at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Iowa retrospectively audited the charts of ophthalmology residents and faculty at the two facilities using their on-call assessment tool, or OCAT. The one-page tool and scoring rubric were developed to evaluate ophthalmology residents’ on-call performance. A total of 191 on-call consultations were assessed to determine the validity of the instrument.
Timeliness of the consultation was the most common category to receive a borderline or unsatisfactory rating. Borderline ratings in knowledge-based categories occurred more often for postgraduate year 2 residents than for postgraduate year 3, the study authors said.
The researchers suggest in the July issue of Ophthalmology that their instrument “may prove to be an additional assessment tool for meeting the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies mandate.”