In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session:
New Tools and paradigms for Assessing Professionalism in the Health Sciences
John D. Mahan, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital/Ohio State University
- Many definitions exist for “professionalism” and they have been around for a long time (ancient Greece)
- Education and assessment of professionalism needs to be reinforced in our learners and ourselves (Health Sciences are professions-patients deserve it)
- Overarching models exist linking the three constructs/models of professionalism: virtues, behaviors, and professional identity; each one being defined and described
- The challenges to assessing each of the constructs/models were explored
- Many assessment methods exist; nine were listed with examples and the following five were discussed in great detail:
- Professionalism Mini-Evaluation Exercise (P-Mex)
- Standardized Direct Observation Assessment Tool (SDOT)
- 360° Multisource Feedback (MSF)
- Reflection- A Window to Professionalism Development & Status
- Professionalism Climate Assessment
- Recommendations for assessment of professionalism
- Link the assessment to the educational task and effort
- Use multiple assessment methods that address multiple professionalism constructs/models
Be sure to save the date for the IAMSE Winter 2017 Webcast Audio Seminar Series beginning January 5!