As a result of Modernising Medical Careers, the establishment of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) and other drivers for change there are significant and unprecedented developments underway in the education and assessment of doctors in training in the UK. The establishment of a new unified training grade in medical specialties and introduction of a new competency-based curriculum in psychiatry go hand-in-hand with changes in the way trainees’ skills are assessed. The key emphasis is to focus on outcome as reflected by the performance of the doctor. Thus, far more teaching, learning and assessment will occur in the workplace in real clinical time and situations.
This book outlines the workplace-based assessments that will accompany the new curriculum and that will feed into a new purpose-designed assessment and examination schedule. The authors explore the theory and practice of assessment methods such as case-based discussions, long-case and short-case evaluations, patient satisfaction, directly observed practice, changes in MRCPsych examinations and multi-source feedback. The rating schedules being piloted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists are included as an appendix.
* Essential for trainers and trainees.
* Outlines competency assessment for the new curriculum.
* Describes pilot studies in psychiatry.
* Covers the various forms of workplace-based assessment. About the editors Dinesh Bhugra is President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-11) and is also a past Dean of the College (2003-08), Amit Malik is Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees’ Committee of the College and Nick Brown is an Associate Dean.
"This is the first ever book in psychiatry to provide theoretical and practical advice on WPBA which are an integral part of training in the unified training grade." - Prof Dinesh Bhugra, Lead Editor
"As a 'how to' manual this succeeds well, and the detailed performance descriptors will do much to demystify the process (and the plethora of acronyms: DOPS, mini-ACE, and the like). ...This book should be read by assessors and trainees." The British Journal of Psychiatry
Contents 1. Introduction Dinesh Bhugra, Amit Malik and Nick Brown
2. Overview of methods Chris Fitch, Amit Malik, Paul Lelliott and Dinesh Bhugra
3. The Assessment of Clinical Expertise (ACE) Geoff Searle
4. The Mini-Assessed Clinical Encounter (mini-ACE) Nick Brown and Amit Malik
5. Case-based discussion Nick Brown and Amit Malik
6. Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) Margaret Bamforth and Manoj Agarwal
7. Multi-source feedback (360º assessment) Gareth Holsgrove
8. Patient satisfaction questionnaires Laki Kranidiotis
9. Evidence-based medicine: case presentation and journal club assessments Geoff Searle
10. Patient and case logbooks Ann Boyle
11. Piloting workplace-based assessment in psychiatry Andrew Brittlebank
12. Examinations in the era of competency training Anthony W. Bateman
13. Conclusions Dinesh Bhugra, Amit Malik and Nick Brown
Appendix: assessment forms
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