Pediatrics, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, Pennsylvania 19611, USA.
Teach Learn Med. 2012;24(1):8-17. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2012.641478.
Summative evaluation of medical students is a critical component of the educational process. Despite extensive literature on evaluation, few studies have centered on affiliate faculty members' attitudes toward summative evaluation of students, though it has been suggested that these attitudes influence their effectiveness as evaluators.
The objective is to examine affiliate faculty members' attitudes toward clinical clerkship evaluation using primarily qualitative research methods.
The study used a nonexperimental research design and employed mixed methods. Data were collected through interviews, focus groups, and a questionnaire from 11 affiliate faculty members.
Themes emerging from the data fell into three broad categories: (a) factors that influence grading, (b) consequences of negative evaluations, and (c) disconnections in the grading process. The quantitative portion of the study revealed important discrepancies supporting the use of qualitative methods.
The study highlights faculty members' struggles with the evaluative process and emphasizes the need for improvements in evaluation tools and faculty development.
医学生的总结性评估是教育过程的重要组成部分。尽管有大量关于评估的文献,但很少有研究关注附属医院教员对学生总结性评估的态度,尽管有人认为这些态度会影响他们作为评估者的有效性。
本研究旨在使用主要的定性研究方法,考察附属医院教员对临床实习评估的态度。
本研究采用非实验性研究设计和混合方法。通过访谈、焦点小组和问卷调查,从 11 名附属医院教员那里收集了数据。
数据中出现的主题分为三类:(a)影响评分的因素,(b)负面评价的后果,以及(c)评分过程中的脱节。研究的定量部分揭示了支持使用定性方法的重要差异。
本研究强调了教员在评估过程中的挣扎,并强调了需要改进评估工具和教员发展。