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Defining competency-based evaluation objectives in family medicine

Communication skills

Tom Laughlin, Stephen Wetmore, Tim Allen, Carlos Brailovsky, Tom Crichton, Cheri Bethune, Michel Donoff and Kathrine Lawrence
Canadian Family Physician April 2012; 58 (4) e217-e224;
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Objectif Proposer une approche pragmatique pour évaluer les aptitudes à communiquer à partir de comportements observables, dans le cadre d’un projet de plusieurs années visant à élaborer les objectifs d’une évaluation des compétences caractéristiques pour la certification en médecine familiale.

Type d’étude On a utilisé la technique du groupe nominal pour élaborer des thèmes et des sous-thèmes, et pour identifier des comportements positifs et négatifs permettant d’évaluer la compétence à communiquer en médecine familiale.

Contexte Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada à Mississauga, Ont.

Participants Un groupe d’experts comprenant 7 médecins de famille et 1 consultant pédagogique, possédant tous de l’expérience dans l’évaluation de la compétence en médecine familiale. Les membres du groupe étaient représentatifs du contexte canadien en termes de région, sexe, langue, type de communauté et expérience.

Méthodes Le groupe a utilisé la technique du groupe nominal pour établir une liste de comportements observables susceptibles de constituer une définition opérationnelle détaillée de la compétence à communiquer; on a utilisé des itérations multiples jusqu’à obtention d’une saturation. Le groupe s’est réuni plusieurs fois par année et sa composition n’a pas changé durant les 4 années de l’étude. On s’est servi du processus d’itération à deux reprises—une fois pour la communication avec les patients et une autre pour celle avec les collègues.

Principales observations L’étude a généré 5 thèmes, 5 sous-thèmes et 106 comportements observables positifs et négatifs. Le sous-thème concernant l’habilité à tenir les dossiers a été précisé à l’aide d’une analyse par caractéristiques clés.

Conclusion L’habileté à communiquer a été définie en termes de thèmes et de comportements observables. Ces définitions visaient à faciliter l’évaluation de la compétence des médecins de famille en début de pratique indépendante.

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Tom Laughlin, Stephen Wetmore, Tim Allen, Carlos Brailovsky, Tom Crichton, Cheri Bethune, Michel Donoff, Kathrine Lawrence
Canadian Family Physician Apr 2012, 58 (4) e217-e224;

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