Resident Handbook - UC Davis Health System

Evaluation and feedback are essential to knowing if we are meeting our intended goals. In theresidency program, this is true for resident performance, teacher performance, curriculumcomposition, rotation performance, conference quality, and significantly, graduate assessment ofthe effectiveness of their training. Evaluations may be formative, where feedback is given at thetime of performance and helps to correct, or confirm, the appropriateness and effectiveness of theperformance (e.g. you did that circumcision just right. The block could be improved by using alittle more anesthetic). Evaluation may be summative, which occurs following input of allevaluation information and results essentially in a grade.Resident Evaluations:Attending Evaluation of the Resident - On each rotation, the appropriate attending(s) willcomplete the competency-based evaluation. The attending evaluation will be summative,and will also indicate a final “grade” based on the current level of training; possible“grades” include Needs Improvement, Marginal, Average, Good, or Superior. Theseevaluations are performed using New Innovations.Procedure Competency - Procedural competency evaluations are provided by theprecepting attendings using New Innovations (see Procedural Competency sectionbelow).Peer Evaluations - Resident have the opportunity to evaluate each other on the Medicineand Pediatrics/Ob services using the New Innovations on-line evaluation system. Juniorresidents evaluate senior residents in the areas of knowledge base/procedure skills,service management, teaching effectiveness, and interpersonal skills. These evaluationsare anonymous. Senior residents evaluate junior residents in the areas of knowledgebase/data gathering, problems solving/case management, interpersonal relations, workhabits and overall performance. The senior residents are encouraged to review theirevaluations directly with junior residents in addition to using the New Innovations on-lineevaluation system.Presentation Evaluations – Primary care case presentations provided by residents areevaluated by both peers and attending using new innovations. Third year Grand Roundpresentations are evaluated by core faculty in addition to a general audience evaluationperformed by the Mercy Medical CME department.Rotation Evaluations:Rotation strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement are incorporated intothe attending evaluations. With New Innovations, this collated data will now be availablefor the annual spring faculty chief resident retreat. During this retreat, modifications aremade to the upcoming academic year taking into consideration such things as rotationfeedback and changing ACGME requirements.Family Health Center Evaluations:Page 92 of 153C:\Documents and Settings\dhutak\Desktop\rshb13.doc