There are several assessment methods used throughout your residency training which will include direct observation in the course of usual clinical encounters. The purpose of these assessments is to ensure that you are meeting the goals of training and to help identify areas where you may need to focus. The formal evaluation methods are listed below. You can also expect your rotation supervisors to frequently provide informal ongoing feedback as you progress in your training.
Is a web-based evaluation system designed to send, receive and track evaluations on all trainees, instructors and rotations within the Faculty.
Each trainee has their own personal eDossier on the One45 site. They log in using a personal ID and password which will be automatically activated once the program administrator has added them to the system. It contains, among other things, personal information such as home address and telephone number, a picture, email address, and pager number. The trainee is also able to view upcoming rotations and rotation history. The trainee, Program Director and Medical Education Program Coordinator are the only people who have access to the trainees’ eDossier.
Notification via email will be sent indicating that either evaluations are to be completed (rotation & preceptors), or in some cases, evaluations that are forwarded on to preceptor(s) for them to complete. The eDossier “To Do” tab indicates evaluations to be completed or distributed.
It is essential that evaluations are dealt with in a timely fashion.
In-Training Evaluation Report (ITER) - One45 Webeval system
Preceptor ITER is a self send evaluation that the residents are required to send during their rotations.
Residents will be prompted based on rotation to pick and do Evaluations of Rotations and Clinical Preceptors.
All Pediatric AHD sessions are evaluated on One45 and sent out by the PA (program administrator).
Continuity clinic - The PA will send an evaluation twice yearly to the preceptors assigned to the residents.
The trainee will be able to view these evaluations online as they are completed.
Defining a series of EPAs and milestones at each stage of training provides residents with clear expectations regarding the skills and abilities they need to acquire at each stage of training. It will make it easier for the program and the trainee to pinpoint strengths and areas for improvement.
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA):
EPAs are a key task of a discipline (i.e specialty or subspecialty) that an individual can be trusted to perform without direct supervision in a given health care context, once sufficient competence has been demonstrated.
Milestones: A milestone is an observable marker of an individual's ability at a stage of expertise.
Illustrates the developmental nature, features and progression of the competencies
Assist learners in monitoring their own developmental progress
Allow individuals to monitor their progress
Support the identification of learners whose progress is not following the typical development sequence to assist in early intervention.
Guide curriculum development
The key difference between EPAs and milestones are that EPAs are the tasks or activities that must be accomplished, whereas milestones are the abilities of the individual.
Example: Driving to the store is an EPA, safely making a left hand turn is a milestone