Development of learning professionalism assessment battery for medical residents

Abstract

Background: Professionalism is an exit learning outcome of health professions’ curricula. Much work has focused on professionalism teaching and little on the ways assessing it. The main goal was to develop composite assessment instrument as a battery accurately measured several aspects of learning professionalism in medical residents. Methods: The first step in battery development was to decide on the domains to be addressed. Based on the comprehensive review of the literature, a list of domains to assess was developed and identified specific assessment instruments for each domain. Based on the instrument selection criteria, forty one Assessment instruments were selected and developed to comprise the assessment battery. Results: The results are presented in 6 Section tests: duration, cost of each section, administration instruction, and scoring. The time required to complete the entire assessment battery was 100 minutes on average. Conclusions: The resulting battery was developed by selecting a set of validated assessment instruments and combining them into a battery. The assessment battery is easy to administer, easy for residents to complete, and provides a comprehensive assessment of a residents’ learning professionalism for teachers. Keywords: professionalism, learning, assessment, battery, residents