Academic Psychiatry 21: 98-106,
June
1997
© 1997 Academic Psychiatry
Using Narratives to Evaluate Psychiatry Residents' Competence
Stephen B. Shanfield M.D.1,
Clark D. Terrell M.D.1, and
John H. Littlefield Ph.D.2
1 Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
2 Division of Educational Research and Development, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
The authors propose a new way to assess the clinical competence of psychiatric residents. Faculty evaluators would be trained by using narrative descriptions of appropriate and inappropriate practice in various clinical settings. The training has the potential to provide more realistic data about the clinical abilities of residents than current methods.
Note:
The authors thank Stephanie Block, M.D., James Lomax, M.D., Kenneth L. Matthews, M.D., Stefan Stein, M.D., and Stephen C. Scheiber, M.D., who provided thoughtful comments on earlier drafts. The authors also thank Hilda C. Cheatum for manuscript preparation.
