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Assessing individual clinical performance: a primer for physicians
Author(s) -
Scott I. A.,
Phelps G.,
Brand C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02225.x
Subject(s) - credentialing , medicine , specialty , statutory law , quality (philosophy) , professional association , reliability (semiconductor) , health care , public relations , engineering ethics , medical education , family medicine , law , political science , epistemology , quantum mechanics , engineering , philosophy , power (physics) , physics
The assessment of individual physician performance has attracted interest from several quarters, including statutory licensing agencies and credentialing bodies of healthcare institutions. Performance measures and assessment methods have been developed, although their validity, reliability and feasibility in regards to physician specialty practice are open to challenge. Despite this, professional colleges and societies will be increasingly obliged to ensure their members are demonstrating high‐quality performance on the basis of assessment methods viewed as being transparent, impartial and reproducible. This article provides an overview of the current state of the art which hopefully will serve to inform future debate both within and outside professional circles.