Of the 14 work-place based assessment skills assessed for competence, no significant difference was found between the cohorts.
Studies which attempted to evaluate the role of feedback in WBA (multi-source feedback, direct observation of procedural skills, mini-clinical evaluation exercise, procedure based assessment, objective structured assessment of technical skills or case-based discussion) involving postgraduate doctors were included.
The MRCGP examination comprises three separate components: an applied knowledge test, a clinical skills assessment, and a workplace based assessment.
4) Utilising a patient based assessment of change in interpersonal skills as an outcome.
The search terms used were "feedback", "workplace based assessment", "direct observation of procedural skills", "mini clinical evaluation exercise", "case based discussion", "multisource feedback", "procedure-based assessment," "objective structured assessment of technical skills", "training" and "medical education".
Workplace based assessment (WBA) is a system whereby doctors are assessed on clinical skills and other attributes in the context of his or her working environment.
3. To develop a classroom based assessment of core clinical competencies as a tool for assessing and developing clinical skills.
There is no evidence that alternative workplace based assessment tools (mini-clinical evaluation exercise, direct observation of procedural skills, and case based discussion) lead to improvement in performance, although subjective reports on their educational impact are positive.
Moreover, the adaptive multistage design of the computer based assessment might have some implications in the computation of test based measures of non-cognitive skills.
Four studies examined the mini-clinical evaluation exercise, one looked at direct observation of procedural skills, and three were concerned with multiple assessment methods: all these studies reported positive results for the educational impact of workplace based assessment tools.
They also used their personal skills, basing their assessment on the patients' family, social and professional background.
