A comprehensive program to evaluate and improve a medical school's instruction is described. The system integrates quantitative measures of teaching, descriptive documentation, and qualitative judgments on the full spectrum of medical instruction. Results of two studies showing instructional improvement and academic promotions as a result of the…

At the University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals Residency Training Program in Family Practice and Community Health, internal investigators examined the entire affiliated program (the largest family practice residency program in the U.S.) from such aspects as a description of the residents to the administration of affiliated units. Methods and…

Activities of an internal review process at the University of Texas Medical Branch have resulted in improvements in instructional procedures and structural changes in the medical school's approach to educational planning, implementation, and evaluation. (Editor/LBH)

The only way to effectively use course evaluations is to reconstruct programs according to the evaluations. (HS)

A program evaluation protocol is outlined for a faculty member or committee to adapt to a course, curriculum, or program. The plan includes development of evaluation rationale, identification of audiences, delineation of questions, development of methodology, establishment of data collection mechanism, and writing of a report. (JT)

Explores academic and clinical successes of the first year of a program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School. (PG)

A clinical correlations course at the University of Arizona, in which the students evaluate multiple lecturers in multiple content areas, provided the opportunity to demonstrate the reliability and validity of student evaluations. Changes in faculty performance over 2 consecutive years were observed. (Author/MLW)

Baylor College of Medicine's system for evaluating the clinical progress of anesthesiology residents, developed in response to problems of standards, staff cooperation, and student dissatisfaction with evaluation, assesses resident progress in terms of performance levels based on case complexity and degree of staff intervention. (Author/MSE)

A study of faculty and student attitudes toward medical student self-evaluation and comparison of faculty and student evaluations of student performance revealed that the opportunity for self-evaluation was both useful and appreciated. Faculty and student ratings correlated closely. (MSE)

At the University of Miami Department of Family Medicine, resident peer review committees have sole responsibility for the peer review process and share responsibility with faculty committees for evaluation, discipline, promotion, certification, and dismissal of interns and residents. The review process and methods are discussed. (JMD)

Describes the rationale for the longitudinal study of medical students in terms of (a) the short term objectives of curriculum evaluation and modification and (b) the long term objective of the establishment of a prediction model that links student characteristics with criteria such as career choice, stability and professional competence. (Author)

The long-term effectiveness of a course for residents on how to teach students, patients, and peers was examined. Three types of evaluation data were collected: self-ratings by the residents, questionnaires completed by the residents, and ratings completed by students taught by the residents. (MLW)

The Chesapeake Health Plan, a Baltimore-based health maintenance organization (HMO), works cooperatively with Baltimore City Hospitals, a teaching affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. Their mutual involvement includes a quality evaluation program of the HMO. The program incorporates peer review and focuses on prevention or reduction of…

The development of a program designed to improve the teaching effectiveness of faculty members of a new Introductory Psychopathology course at the University of Washington School of Medicine is described. The lecture observation schedule developed was used to assist faculty in self-improvement. A literature review is included. (Editor/JT)