Submission ID 77579
| Code | OB-5-6 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Faculty member |
| Title | Integrating the Patient Voice in the Assessment of Medical Trainees: A Discourse Analysis |
| Background/Purpose | Programmatic assessment is increasingly adopted to provide a more holistic and complete perspective on trainees' development towards competence. Patients' perspective is an important element in the assessment mosaic to provide further validity to the assessment data interpretation. Yet, it is seldom included. We aimed to uncover how patients' voices are integrated in the assessment of medical trainees, and what are the consequences of doing so (or not doing so). |
| Methods | We conducted a Discourse Analysis to identify the different ways in which the patient voice has been integrated in the assessment of medical trainees. Building on a set of key articles deemed relevant by the authors, we further built the archive through snowball sampling. We used Braun and Clarke's approach to thematic analysis to identify the discourse description, characteristics, the ways in which to participate, the things made possible, and the potential challenges and consequences of each discourse. |
| Results | 55 were included in the archive. We identified three discourses: 1- patients as survey fillers to meet accreditation requirements; 2- patients as feedback providers to contribute to trainee growth and development; and 3- patients as assessors in a programmatic approach to assessment. |
| Discussion | The integration of patients as assessors in a programmatic approach to assessment has the potential to: achieve more holistic assessment, promote trainee growth and development, and increase the validity of assessment data interpretation. This potential can only be achieved when patients are involved in decision-making regarding their role and contributions to assessment of trainees. |
| Keyword 1 | Assessment |
| Keyword 2 | Patients |
| Keyword 3 | Discourse Analysis |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Residency Education
Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Assessment |
| Assessment | General |
| Authors | Christina St-Onge Christina St-Onge Isabelle Boulais Tim Dubé Mélanie Marceau Marie-Ève Poitras Linda Bergeron Iris Le Sieur Daniel Schumacher Vincent Dion |
