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Volume 22 (2)
Volume 22, Issue 2, Spring 2002
J Contin Educ Health Prof 2002; 22(2):77-83
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Evaluating medical grand rounds
Rothman AI
Sibbald G
A b s t r a c t
INTRODUCTION: Since January 2000, standard presenter evaluation forms have been made available to grand rounds organizers in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. During the 2000-2001 academic year, effort was directed at the accumulation of evidence for the validity of the results generated.
METHODS: Two issues were addressed: the integrity or coherence of the form itself and the number of forms or evaluations required to achieve a stable estimate of the construct "presenter effectiveness" for an individual presenter.
RESULTS: Positive evidence relating to the integrity of the form is presented and the number of evaluations or ratings required to provide a stable estimate of presenter effectiveness is suggested.
DISCUSSION: Most presenters' ratings were distributed in a narrow range. Ranking of individual presentations would require exceptionally high precision. Separation into groups requires less precision. This type of classification appears sufficient to enable planning decisions.
Lessons for Practice
- Most presenters of grand rounds are
rated in a narrow range.
- Ranking individual presentations requires
exceptionally high precision.
- Separation into groups requires less precision.
This type of classification appears sufficient
to enable planning decisions.
MeSH Terms: Accreditation; Education, Medical, Continuing; Evaluation Studies; Reproducibility of Results
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