A Step Ahead Assessing the Baseline Competency of Incoming Interns Andrea Wendling, M.D. Phillip Baty, M.D. Grand Rapids Family Practice Residency Program Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
A Step Ahead Assessing the Baseline Competency of incoming Interns Outline: Background Description of the Intern Clinical Judgment Evaluation Testing our system Using the information Discussion
Goals of Evaluation System Essential question: Can this intern safely take call? Understand baseline abilities and expectations Identify issues early
Defining Competencies Define competency Recognize a patient is acutely ill Understand help is needed Communicate acuteness of situation appropriately
Designing the Intern Clinical Judgment Evaluation Use aspects of established testing systems Design stressful patient situations Test to be certain we were measuring our goals
Testing Room Observation Room Workstation
Chest pain
Chest Pain
Call for Help
Chest Pain- Summary Slide
Summary Reports
Testing our System To test our system, we compared three things: Summary impressions from ICJE Faculty prediction survey End of year summary
Results ICJE Kappa 0.80 Faculty prediction Kappa 0.54
Diagnosis +Diagnosis - Test +132 Test -115 Sensitivity0.93 Specificity0.88 PPV0.87 NPV0.94 LR +7.9 LR ICJE vs. Program Director
Diagnosis +Diagnosis - Test +81 Test -617 Sensitivity0.57 Specificity0.94 PPV0.89 NPV0..73 LR LR -0.4 Faculty vs. Program Director
Results Resident feedback Overwhelmingly positive View it as a teaching experience
Using the information Personalized plans developed Faculty, PGYIII and or Chief resident Focus on self-reflection issues Mentoring
Using the Information FMS continually changing More resident supervision Plan on continuing due to Additional information Timely information Cost
Other options Tried Comparing to OSCE Mechanics vs. thought process Timeliness Comparing to IM H and P Mechanics vs. thought process Comparing to ERAS No idea of resident ability to self- reflect
A Step Ahead Assessing the Baseline Competency of Incoming Interns Summary Handouts Question and Answer Session