Monash Ageing Research Centre (MONARC), Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;989:217-233. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_19.
Programmatic assessment is being adopted as a preferred method of assessment in postgraduate medical education in Australia. Programmatic assessment of professionalism is likely to receive increasing attention. This paper reviews the literature regarding the assessment of professionalism in psychiatry. A search using the terms 'professionalism AND psychiatry' was conducted in the ERIC database. Only original articles relevant to professionalism education and assessment in psychiatry were selected, rather than theoretical or review papers that applied research from other fields of medicine to psychiatry. Articles regarding the need for professionalism education in psychiatry were included as they provided a rationale for curriculum development in this field as a precursor to assessment. Key findings from the literature were summarised in light of the author's own experience as an educator and assessor of both medical students and trainees in psychiatry, and incorporated into a guide to implementing programmatic assessment of professionalism in psychiatry. Within psychiatry, the specific evidence base for use of particular tools in assessing professionalism is limited. However, used in conjunction with psychiatrists' views about what is important in professionalism education, as well as knowledge from other medical disciplines regarding professionalism assessment tools, this evidence can inform implementation of programmatic assessment of professionalism in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development settings. Given the emergent nature of such assessment initiatives, they should be subjected to rigorous evaluation.
在澳大利亚，研究生医学教育正在采用计划性评估作为首选评估方法。专业性的计划性评估可能会受到越来越多的关注。本文回顾了精神病学专业评估方面的文献。在 ERIC 数据库中使用术语“专业性和精神病学”进行了搜索。仅选择了与精神病学专业教育和评估相关的原创文章，而不是将其他医学领域的研究应用于精神病学的理论或综述文章。纳入了关于精神病学中需要进行专业性教育的文章，因为这些文章为该领域的课程开发提供了依据，是评估的前提。根据作者作为医学生和精神病学培训生的教育者和评估者的自身经验，总结了文献中的主要发现，并将其纳入了精神病学中计划性专业性评估指南。在精神病学中，用于评估专业性的特定工具的具体证据基础有限。但是，将这些工具与精神病学家关于专业性教育重要性的观点以及其他医学学科关于专业性评估工具的知识结合使用，可以为本科、研究生和继续专业发展环境中的计划性专业性评估提供信息。鉴于此类评估举措的新兴性质，应对其进行严格评估。
