Assessment principles and tools

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The goal of ophthalmology residency training is to produce competent ophthalmologists. Competence can only be determined by appropriately assessing resident performance. There are accepted guiding principles that should be applied to competence assessment methods. These principles are enumerated herein and ophthalmology-specific assessment tools that are available are described.

Medical Subject Headings

Clinical Competence; Education, Medical, Graduate (standards); Educational Measurement (methods); Humans; Internship and Residency; Ophthalmology (education)

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Middle East African journal of ophthalmology

E-ISSN

0975-1599

Volume

21

Issue

2

First Page

109

Last Page

13

PubMed ID

24791100

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.4103/0974-9233.129746

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