Implementation of a formal in-training assessment programme in anaesthesiology and preliminary results of acceptability.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Implementation of a formal in-training assessment programme in anaesthesiology and preliminary results of acceptability.

AU - Ringsted, C

AU - Østergaard, D

AU - van der Vleuten, C P M

N1 - Keywords: Anesthesiology; Curriculum; Data Collection; Denmark; Educational Measurement; Internship and Residency; Program Evaluation

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - BACKGROUND: A new reform on postgraduate education in Denmark requires a formal in-training assessment in all specialties. The aim of this study was to survey the implementation and acceptability of the first example of a nation-wide in-training assessment programme for first-year trainees in anaesthesiology developed by a working group under the Danish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. METHODS: A questionnaire about the implementation of the programme in practice and the characteristics of the trainees was sent to the educational responsible consultant (ERC) in each of the 26 anaesthetic departments in the country with first-year trainees in anaesthesiology. Standard evaluations of the assessment programme were regularly collected from trainees. RESULTS: Twenty-five (96%) departments returned the questionnaire. In total the departments reported on 100 trainees and 83 of these had been enrolled in the programme. Thirteen departments reported in total on 27 trainees who had completed their first year of training and these departments had applied a median 21 (range 17-21) of the 21 tests included in the entire programme. Time constraints and resistance among senior clinicians were the most frequently cited barriers to implementation. Evaluations from trainees showed a generally positive attitude towards most of the programme. They especially praised the programme's effect on structuring training and having a positive effect on learning. CONCLUSION: The in-training assessment programme has been widely implemented across the country. The majority of the programme was acceptable to trainees and had a positive effect on structuring training and on fostering learning. Udgivelsesdato: 2003-Nov

AB - BACKGROUND: A new reform on postgraduate education in Denmark requires a formal in-training assessment in all specialties. The aim of this study was to survey the implementation and acceptability of the first example of a nation-wide in-training assessment programme for first-year trainees in anaesthesiology developed by a working group under the Danish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. METHODS: A questionnaire about the implementation of the programme in practice and the characteristics of the trainees was sent to the educational responsible consultant (ERC) in each of the 26 anaesthetic departments in the country with first-year trainees in anaesthesiology. Standard evaluations of the assessment programme were regularly collected from trainees. RESULTS: Twenty-five (96%) departments returned the questionnaire. In total the departments reported on 100 trainees and 83 of these had been enrolled in the programme. Thirteen departments reported in total on 27 trainees who had completed their first year of training and these departments had applied a median 21 (range 17-21) of the 21 tests included in the entire programme. Time constraints and resistance among senior clinicians were the most frequently cited barriers to implementation. Evaluations from trainees showed a generally positive attitude towards most of the programme. They especially praised the programme's effect on structuring training and having a positive effect on learning. CONCLUSION: The in-training assessment programme has been widely implemented across the country. The majority of the programme was acceptable to trainees and had a positive effect on structuring training and on fostering learning. Udgivelsesdato: 2003-Nov

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 14616315

SN - 0001-5172

VL - 47

SP - 1196

EP - 1203

JO - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

JF - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

IS - 10

ER -