The National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in the Emergency Department (NCAT-EM).

Autor: Jung J; Johns Hopkins University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland., Franzen D; University of Washington, Department of Emergency Medicine, Seattle, Washington., Lawson L; East Carolina University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina., Manthey D; Wake Forest University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina., Tews M; Medical College of Georgia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Augusta, Georgia., Dubosh N; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts., Fisher J; University of Arizona, Phoenix, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona., Haughey M; City University of New York, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, New York., House JB; University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Trainor A; University of South Dakota, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota., Wald DA; Temple University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Hiller K; University of Arizona, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tucson, Arizona.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The western journal of emergency medicine [West J Emerg Med] 2018 Jan; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 66-74. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 22.
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2017.10.34834
Abstrakt: Introduction: Clinical assessment of medical students in emergency medicine (EM) clerkships is a highly variable process that presents unique challenges and opportunities. Currently, clerkship directors use institution-specific tools with unproven validity and reliability that may or may not address competencies valued most highly in the EM setting. Standardization of assessment practices and development of a common, valid, specialty-specific tool would benefit EM educators and students.
Methods: A two-day national consensus conference was held in March 2016 in the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) track at the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) Academic Assembly in Nashville, TN. The goal of this conference was to standardize assessment practices and to create a national clinical assessment tool for use in EM clerkships across the country. Conference leaders synthesized the literature, articulated major themes and questions pertinent to clinical assessment of students in EM, clarified the issues, and outlined the consensus-building process prior to consensus-building activities.
Results: The first day of the conference was dedicated to developing consensus on these key themes in clinical assessment. The second day of the conference was dedicated to discussing and voting on proposed domains to be included in the national clinical assessment tool. A modified Delphi process was initiated after the conference to reconcile questions and items that did not reach an a priori level of consensus.
Conclusion: The final tool, the National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in Emergency Medicine (NCAT-EM) is presented here.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. No author has professional or financial relationships with any companies that are relevant to this study. There are no conflicts of interest or sources of funding to declare.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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