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4th Research in Medical Education (RIME) Symposium 2015

19.03-21.03.2015, München

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Professionalism: How to develop surveys for peers and patients

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  • corresponding author presenting/speaker John Norcini - Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), Philadelphia, USA

4th Research in Medical Education (RIME) Symposium 2015. München, 19.-21.03.2015. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2015. DocW4

doi: 10.3205/15rime57, urn:nbn:de:0183-15rime571

Published: March 12, 2015

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There is a growing awareness of the importance of professionalism and great interest in methods for assessing it, even though they are in their infancy. The goal of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the range of methods currently available. In addition, it will focus on one of those methods, patient and peer questionnaires, and address the issues of deciding on content for the questionnaire, determining the scale and scoring procedures, specifying ways of developing reliable scores, and estimating the bias introduced by settings and patients. Active involvement will be encouraged throughout and small group exercises will focus on defining behaviors associated with professionalism and developing items to capture those behaviors.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this workshop, the learner will:

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Be familiar with the range of methods for assessing professionalism
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Understand the limitations of current methods for assessing professionalism
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Be able to identify the steps in creating a patient or peer survey
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Understand some strategies for ensuring the reliability and validity of peer and patient surveys
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