Open AccessEvaluating Ambulatory Resident Practice Using an Internet‐Based System
Author(s) -
Shammash Jonathan,
Callahan Mark,
Mele Joseph,
Pelzman Fred
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.04039.x
Subject(s) - medicine , the internet , ambulatory , family medicine , medical education , world wide web , surgery , computer science
To improve faculty participation in providing feedback on resident outpatient practice, we designed and implemented an Internet‐based evaluation system. Attending physicians scored residents on 7 questions related to specific practice behaviors, and completed a free‐text comment section. Between January and June 1998, 516 evaluations for 107 residents were generated using the Internet‐based system, compared with 29 handwritten evaluations for 82 residents between January and June 1997. The number of faculty evaluations was 527 for 121 residents in the second half of 1998. An Internet‐based evaluation system can improve faculty compliance with performing evaluations.