The course begins with a review and exploration of key principles and concepts, and then drills deeper into more specific assessment methods, skills, and approaches throughout the week. At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply key principles of outcomes-based education in graduate medical education training programs
• Optimize the use of development assessment based on goals and principles of competency-based medical education (CBME)
• Understand and then apply key issues in rater cognition and their implications for effective assessment
• Build an effective assessment program by choosing and applying appropriate assessment tools
• Develop effective group processes for assessment (Clinical Competency Committees (CCCs)) and program evaluation (Program Evaluation Committees)
• Improve approaches to the use of multi-faceted longitudinal assessment data for professional development
• Employ effective practices in work-based assessment
• Use models to structure feedback conversations with learners
• Recognize struggling learners and develop strategies for remediation
• Develop a personal action plan for change in their own program/institution

The target audience is residency and fellowship program directors, associate program directors, chairs and members of CCCs, designated institutional officials (DIOs), and any faculty members with major responsibility for the assessment of residents/fellows. The course is highly interactive, using multiple learning approaches combined with systems thinking to help participants build effective programs of assessment for their residency or fellowship program.