Wasson Katherine, Parsi Kayhan, McCarthy Michael, Siddall Viva Jo, Kuczewski Mark
The Stritch School of Medicine and The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 S. 1st Avenue, Bldg. 120, Room 280, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA.
The Department of Medical Education, The Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 S. 1st Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA.
HEC Forum. 2016 Jun;28(2):103-13. doi: 10.1007/s10730-015-9276-6.
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities has created a quality attestation (QA) process for clinical ethics consultants; the pilot phase of reviewing portfolios has begun. One aspect of the QA process which is particularly challenging is assessing the interpersonal skills of individual clinical ethics consultants. We propose that using case simulation to evaluate clinical ethics consultants is an approach that can meet this need provided clear standards for assessment are identified. To this end, we developed the Assessing Clinical Ethics Skills (ACES) tool, which identifies and specifies specific behaviors that a clinical ethics consultant should demonstrate in an ethics case simulation. The aim is for the clinical ethics consultant or student to use a videotaped case simulation, along with the ACES tool scored by a trained rater, to demonstrate their competence as part of their QA portfolio. The development and piloting of the tool is described.
美国生物伦理与人文学会为临床伦理顾问制定了质量认证（QA）流程；审查档案的试点阶段已经开始。质量认证流程中一个特别具有挑战性的方面是评估个体临床伦理顾问的人际沟通技巧。我们认为，使用案例模拟来评估临床伦理顾问是一种能够满足这一需求的方法，前提是要确定明确的评估标准。为此，我们开发了评估临床伦理技能（ACES）工具，该工具可识别并详细说明临床伦理顾问在伦理案例模拟中应展现的特定行为。目的是让临床伦理顾问或学生使用录像案例模拟，以及由经过培训的评分者评分的ACES工具，来展示其能力，作为其质量认证档案的一部分。本文描述了该工具的开发和试点情况。
