Monitoring the integrity and usability of policy evaluation tools within an evolving sociocultural context: A demonstration of reflexivity using the CFPC Family Medicine Longitudinal Survey.

Abstract

Over the last decade, policy changes have prompted Canadian medical education to emphasize a transformation to competency-based education, and subsequent development of evaluation tools. The pandemic provides a unique opportunity to emphasize the value of reflexive monitoring, a cyclical and iterative process of appraisal and adaptation, since tools are influenced by social and cultural factors relevant at the time of their development. Deductive content analysis of documents and resources about the advancement of primary care. Reflexive monitoring of the Family Medicine Longitudinal Survey (FMLS), an evaluation tool for physician training. The FMLS tool does not explore all training experiences that are currently relevant; including, incorporating technology, infection control and safety, public health services referrals, patient preferences for care modality, and trauma-informed culturally safe care. The results illustrate that reflection promotes the validity and usefulness of the data collected to inform policy performance and other initiatives.