Evaluating clinical competence in the health professions / Margaret K. Morgan, David M. Irby.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents
Section I. Clinical Evaluation Perspectives and Procedures
1. Determination how to begin
2. Deciding when to evaluate
3. Trends in Clinical evaluation

Section II. Assessment Techniques
4. Selecting evaluation instruments
5. Congruence evaluation
6. Assessment of Students effect: a Clinical aapproach
7. Assessment of knowledge in the evaluation of clinical competence
8. Observational assessment of performance
9. Assessment of products
10. Assessment through simulations
11. Self-assessment

Section III. Implementation Considerations
12. Planning and managing an evaluation system
13. Utilizing the results-grading and curriculum revision
14. Role of faculty development in clinical education

Section IV. Clinical Evaluation Models in the Health Professions
15. Occupational Therapy - development of a rating scale
16. Physical therapy - development of a forced choice form
17. Medical Technology -an instrument designing process
18. Radiologic technology - a proficiency evaluation and general evaluation form
19. Respiratory therapy - application of an evaluation model
20. Pharmacy - medication history interviews
21. Nursing -the New York Regents External Degrees assessment model
22. Density - models for evaluating clinical performance
23. Medicine - a model pediatric clerkship