Workplace Based Assessment in Psychiatry

• Main Authors: Ayse Devrim Basterzi, O. Surel Karabilgin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 2009-11-01
• Series: Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar
• Subjects: Medical Education; Workplace based assesment; Residency; Psychiatry
• Online Access: http://www.cappsy.org/archives/vol1/no3/cap_1_21.pdf

Workplace based assessment refers to the assessment of working practices based on what doctors actually do in the workplace, and is predominantly carried out in the workplace itself. Assessment drives learning and it is therefore essential that workplace-based assessment focuses on important attributes rather than what is easiest to assess. Workplacebased assessment is usually competency based. Workplace based assesments may well facilitate and enhance various aspects of educational supervisions, including its structure, frequency and duration etc. The structure and content of workplace based assesments should be monitored to ensure that its benefits are maximised by remaining tailored to individual trainees' needs. Workplace based assesment should be used for formative and summative assessments. Several formative assessment methods have been developed for use in the workplace such as mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-cex), evidence based journal club assesment and case based discussion, multi source feedback etc. This review discusses the need of workplace based assesments in psychiatry graduate education and introduces some of the work place based assesment methods.