1. Competency, Milestones, and Credentialing: Evaluations and Simulation
Nicholas Gabriel, CRNA, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

3. Type of Evaluation Assessments
Formative
Summative

4. Evaluation Collecting data Purpose Evaluation Instruments Timeframe
When to Evaluate
Evaluation Plan

5. Evaluation Process Purpose: Question drives the process Skills
Higher order thinking
Instructional design of the simulation itself: timing, clarity, flow of simulation

6. Timeframe Formative or Summative Measured outcomes: Grade, Pass/Fail
Remediation of required competency before progression in class, clinical rotation, or program

7. When to Evaluate Formative or Summative Quarter/Semester
Annual vs semi-annual

8. Evaluation Plan Type of Evaluation How evaluation will be conducted
Who will do the evaluations
Tools or instruments (supplies, scenarios, types of simulation
Outcomes

9. Evaluation Tools/Instruments
Questionaires/Written Exams
Observations
Checklists
Attitude scales/self-assessments
Reliability and Validity
Scenarios
Raters/Standardized patients

10. Data What to do with the data
How to score Pass/Fail, Competent/Incompetent, Minimal Pass score
Compare to actual clinical performance

11. Questions?