Jason’s chosen article for today’s podcast discusses the assessment tool ITERs and documented narratives.

Often ITERs are horribly misused but are still deployed as institutions need to record that a trainee was present and competencies were achieved.

 

Authors: Hatala R, Sawatsky AP, Dudek N, Ginsburg S, Cook DA.

Publication details: Using In-Training Evaluation Report (ITER) Qualitative Comments to Assess Medical Students and Residents: A Systematic Review. Acad Med. 2017 Jun;92(6):868-879.

View the abstract here

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