areas for improvement, then arrange a time to meet with their supervisor to discuss progress, review their self-assessment and complete the final report. The areas of assessment include: Clinical management. Communication, including teamwork. Professionalism, including honesty, and Safe practice. The following examples are provided: A formative supervisor report in . A summative supervisor report in . A final supervisor report in . Passing standards for supervisor reports Assessment Rating scale Application Summative IPAP All summative reports must supervisors’ report Clearly below the level expected achieve a pass score. supervisor’s Borderline If one or reports indicate more supervisor’s Pass that a candidate has not performed to the Expected level required PGY1 standard, a review must be Clearly above the expected level held. Must achieve either expected level Prepared by the supervisor for the MBA Final supervisor’s report or clearly above the expected level and the AMC. Summarises progress through WBA. Providing effective feedback The provision of immediate and regular feedback is one of the reasons that WBA is successful. Characteristics that have been reported to be possessed by good supervisors include being able to observe and provide constructive, honest feedback. Effective feedback will involve a dialogue between the assessor and the candidate, aiming to identify what was done well and not done well, and helping to develop a plan for improvement. In a feedback session, candidates should be challenged to address each of these issues, with the support of the assessor when insight is lacking. Useful feedback requires time, commitment and precision. Effective descriptors The AMC identifies that in giving feedback, some words that describe effective feedback are ‘specific’, and descriptors ‘immediate’, ‘first-hand’, ‘constructive’, ‘descriptive’, ‘action-affirming’ ‘adequate’. These of feedback are outlined as follows: Specific The feedback is restricted to the task just performed, and does not include comments that refer generally to other events. Immediate The feedback is provided immediately following, or as soon as practicable after, the observed performance. First-hand
areas for improvement, then arrange a time to meet with their supervisor to discuss progress, review their self-assessment and complete the final report. The areas of assessment include: Clinical management. Communication, including teamwork. Professionalism, including honesty, and Safe practice. The following examples are provided: A formative supervisor report in . A summative supervisor report in . A final supervisor report in . Passing standards for supervisor reports Assessment Rating scale Application Summative supervisor’s report IPAP Clearly below the level expected Borderline Pass Expected level Clearly above the expected level All summative supervisors’ reports must achieve a pass score. If one or more supervisor’s reports indicate that a candidate has not performed to the required PGY1 standard, a review must be held. Final supervisor’s report Must achieve either expected level or clearly above the expected level Prepared by the supervisor for the MBA and the AMC. Summarises progress through WBA. Providing effective feedback The provision of immediate and regular feedback is one of the reasons that WBA is successful. Characteristics that have been reported to be possessed by good supervisors include being able to observe and provide constructive, honest feedback. Effective feedback will involve a dialogue between the assessor and the candidate, aiming to identify what was done well and not done well, and helping to develop a plan for improvement. In a feedback session, candidates should be challenged to address each of these issues, with the support of the assessor when insight is lacking. Useful feedback requires time, commitment and precision. Effective descriptors The AMC identifies that in giving feedback, some words that describe effective feedback are ‘specific’, ‘immediate’, ‘first-hand’, ‘constructive’, ‘descriptive’, ‘action-affirming’ and ‘adequate’. These descriptors of feedback are outlined as follows: Specific The feedback is restricted to the task just performed, and does not include comments that refer generally to other events. Immediate The feedback is provided immediately following, or as soon as practicable after, the observed performance. First-hand
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