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Assessing Medical Knowledge of Emergency Medicine Residents
Author(s) -
Goyal Nikhil,
Aldeen Amer,
Leone Katrina,
Ilgen Jonathan S.,
Branzetti Jeremy,
Kessler Chad
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/acem.12033
Subject(s) - accreditation , medicine , graduate medical education , core competency , medical education , medline , marketing , political science , law , business
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ( ACGME ) requires that emergency medicine ( EM ) residency graduates are competent in the medical knowledge ( MK ) core competency. EM educators use a number of tools to measure a resident's progress toward this goal; it is not always clear whether these tools provide a valid assessment. A workshop was convened during the 2012 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference “Education Research in Emergency Medicine: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies for Success” where assessment for each core competency was discussed in detail. This article provides a description of the validity evidence behind current MK assessment tools used in EM and other specialties. Tools in widespread use are discussed, as well as emerging methods that may form valid assessments in the future. Finally, an agenda for future research is proposed to help address gaps in the current understanding of MK assessment.