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O'Connor, R. J. and Playford, E. Diane (2014) The case Conference Assessment Tool (cCAT) : a new workplace-based assessment. Clinical Medicine, 14 (4). pp. 386-390. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-386
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-386
Abstract
Rehabilitation medicine is an educational, problem-solving specialty that relies on excellent team communication, honest discussion with patients and their families, and collaborative goal setting. The case conference has been described as the technology of rehabilitation medicine because it encompasses all of these functions. Trainees should have the opportunity to develop skills in chairing case conferences through receipt of constructive feedback on their performance from their trainers. The aim of this project was to develop and evaluate the case Conference Assessment Tool (cCAT), a workplace-based assessment designed to score a trainee's performance on the key elements of chairing a case conference. Experienced rehabilitation medicine educational supervisors participated in a training workshop and then rated a series of simulated case conferences using the cCAT. Internal consistency was high (Cronbach's α =: 0.945) and interrater reliability was acceptable (intraclass correlation coefficient range 0.673-0.777). Following feedback from the workshops, a final version of the cCAT was developed. The cCAT has now been adopted as a workplace-based assessment for specialty trainees in rehabilitation medicine by the Training Board of the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians. Further work will explore its utility for trainees in other specialties and in communication and leadership skill training for undergraduate students.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Clinical Medicine | ||||
| Publisher: | Royal College of Physicians | ||||
| ISSN: | 1470-2118 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 August 2014 | ||||
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| Volume: | 14 | ||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 386-390 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-386 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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