Assessment practices of professional psychologists: Results of a national survey.

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Vaile Wright ◽  
Shannon G. Beattie ◽  
Daniel I. Galper ◽  
Abere Sawaqdeh Church ◽  
Lynn F. Bufka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Professional Psychologists

A National Survey of State Assessment Practices in the Social Studies

2001 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Buckles ◽  
Mark C. Schug ◽  
Michael Watts
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
National Survey ◽  
State Assessment ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
The Social

Guidelines for Test Users: A Review of National and International Initiatives

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
National Initiatives ◽  
Professional Psychologists ◽  
Test Use ◽  
Innovation And Change ◽  
Test User

Summary: The paper describes why we need guidelines on test use and why, in particular, we need international agreement on what these guidelines should be. The work of the International Test Commission (ITC) is described and the ITC 's International Guidelines on Test Use are reviewed. Various other important national initiatives in Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States are described together with the work of the European Federation of Professional Psychologists Associations (EFPPA) Standing Committee on Tests and Testing. While there is considerable agreement on what constitutes good practice in test use, there is wide diversity in the ways in which different countries have attempted to implement good practice or regulate test use. The need for guidelines and test user qualification procedures to be sufficiently flexible to accommodate innovation and change in assessment practices is stressed.

When Old Habits Train a New Generation: Findings From a National Survey of Internal Medicine Program Directors on Procedural Training

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel N. Ricotta ◽  
C. Christopher Smith ◽  
Jakob I. McSparron ◽  
Saima I. Chaudhry ◽  
Furman S. McDonald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Competency Assessment ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Substantial Risk ◽  
Supervision Practices ◽  
New Generation

Resident physicians routinely perform bedside procedures that pose substantial risk to patients. However, no standard programmatic approach to supervision and procedural competency assessment among residents currently exists. The authors performed a national survey of internal medicine (IM) program directors to examine procedural assessment and supervision practices of IM residency programs. Procedures chosen were those commonly performed by medicine residents at the bedside. Of the 368 IM programs, 226 (61%) completed the survey. Programs reported the predominant method of training as 171 (74%) apprenticeship and 106 (46%) as module based. The majority of programs used direct observation to attest to competence, with 55% to 62% relying on credentialed residents. Most programs also relied on a minimum number of procedures to determine competence (64%-88%), 72% of which reported 5 procedures (a lapsed historical standard). This national survey demonstrates that procedural assessment practices for IM residents are insufficiently robust and may put patients at undue risk.

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