Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education
Awareness of one’s own strengths and weaknesses is a key qualification for the specialist physician. We examined how physicians undergoing specialist training in general medicine rate themselves in different areas.For this purpose, 139 participants receiving post-graduate training in general practic...
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| author | Huenges, Bert Woestmann, Barbara Ruff-Dietrich, Susanne Rusche, Herbert |
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| description | Awareness of one’s own strengths and weaknesses is a key qualification for the specialist physician. We examined how physicians undergoing specialist training in general medicine rate themselves in different areas.For this purpose, 139 participants receiving post-graduate training in general practice offered by the Medical Association of Westfalen-Lippe assessed themselves regarding their subjective confidence in 20 core competencies and 47 situations involving patient counseling in general practice. Their self-assessments were recorded on a five-point Likert scale. The study questions addressed acceptance and practicability of self-assessment, mean values, reliability, stratification and plausibility of the results in group comparison.On average participants rated their subjective confidence with 3.4 out of 5 points. The results are self-consistent (Cronbach’s alpha >0.8), although there are considerable differences among competencies and among participants. The latter can be explained partly by biographical data, which supports the plausibility of the data.Participants stated that regularly gathering data on subjective learning needs and the discussion of these needs with mentors and trainers contributes to improving their specialist training.Elements for self-assessment are suitable for integration into a postgraduate training portfolio. These should be supplemented by formative assessment procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca1392a723f544838535347cc58bfc102022-12-22T00:28:49ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172017-11-01345Doc6810.3205/zma001145Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further educationHuenges, Bert0Woestmann, Barbara1Ruff-Dietrich, Susanne2Rusche, Herbert3Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of General Medicine, Bochum, GermanyRuhr-University Bochum, Department of General Medicine, Bochum, GermanyRuhr-University Bochum, JADE NRW, Bochum, GermanyRuhr-University Bochum, Department of General Medicine, Bochum, GermanyAwareness of one’s own strengths and weaknesses is a key qualification for the specialist physician. We examined how physicians undergoing specialist training in general medicine rate themselves in different areas.For this purpose, 139 participants receiving post-graduate training in general practice offered by the Medical Association of Westfalen-Lippe assessed themselves regarding their subjective confidence in 20 core competencies and 47 situations involving patient counseling in general practice. Their self-assessments were recorded on a five-point Likert scale. The study questions addressed acceptance and practicability of self-assessment, mean values, reliability, stratification and plausibility of the results in group comparison.On average participants rated their subjective confidence with 3.4 out of 5 points. The results are self-consistent (Cronbach’s alpha >0.8), although there are considerable differences among competencies and among participants. The latter can be explained partly by biographical data, which supports the plausibility of the data.Participants stated that regularly gathering data on subjective learning needs and the discussion of these needs with mentors and trainers contributes to improving their specialist training.Elements for self-assessment are suitable for integration into a postgraduate training portfolio. These should be supplemented by formative assessment procedures.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2017-34/zma001145.shtmlself-assessmentportfoliospecialist traininggeneral medicine |
| spellingShingle | Huenges, Bert Woestmann, Barbara Ruff-Dietrich, Susanne Rusche, Herbert Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education GMS Journal for Medical Education self-assessment portfolio specialist training general medicine |
| title | Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education |
| title_full | Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education |
| title_fullStr | Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education |
| title_short | Self-Assessment of competence during post-graduate training in general medicine: A preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education |
| title_sort | self assessment of competence during post graduate training in general medicine a preliminary study to develop a portfolio for further education |
| topic | self-assessment portfolio specialist training general medicine |
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