Program Director Curriculum: Session Four

Objectives:

At the end of this session you will be able to:

1. Identify the considerations necessary for using any evaluation method.
2. Apply the concepts of validity and reliability to an evaluation instrument of your choice.
3. Determine the data that needs to be recorded for the resident and the program for a given instrument.

Validity: On the Meaningful Interpretation of Assessment Data by Steven M Downing in Medical Education 2003;37:830–837