Abstract
SummaryThis commentary discusses the problems with workplace-based assessments and questions whether these methods are fit for purpose. It suggests that there is a risk that assessment methods that focus on competence may undermine the need for trainees to aspire to acquire excellent skills rather than merely be competent, which is no more than a rigid adherence to standardised and routinised procedures.
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SUMMARYThis commentary discusses the problems with workplace-based assessments and questions whether these methods are fit for purpose
Competence or excellence? Invited commentary on . . .Workplace-based assessments in Wessex and Wales{. This commentary discusses the problems with workplace-based assessments and questions whether these methods are fit for purpose
It suggests that there is a risk that assessment methods that focus on competence may undermine the need for trainees to aspire to acquire excellent skills rather than merely be competent, which is no more than a rigid adherence to standardised and routinised procedures
Summary
This commentary discusses the problems with workplace-based assessments and questions whether these methods are fit for purpose. It suggests that there is a risk that assessment methods that focus on competence may undermine the need for trainees to aspire to acquire excellent skills rather than merely be competent, which is no more than a rigid adherence to standardised and routinised procedures. Part of the problem is undue reliance on assessments by assessors inadequately trained in the use of the relevant assessment tools and having little knowledge of the methods under consideration. This is what the papers by Babu et al[5] and Menon et al[6] demonstrate most clearly. Our predilection as human beings to worship idols, or tokens, often surfaces in the most unusual places
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