Commentary on alignment of medical student assessment and vocational training in psychiatry and addiction medicine. (April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Looi, Jeffrey CL; Bonner, Daniel; Maguire, Paul A; Brazel, Matthew; Keightley, Philip; Reay, Rebecca E; Tedeschi, Michael
• Is Part Of: Australasian psychiatry. Volume 31:Number 2(2023)
• Page Start: 220
• Page End: 223
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Subjects: Entrustable professional activity -- workplace-based assessments -- CanMEDs -- medical education -- vocational training; Psychiatry -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89005
• DOI: 10.1177/10398562231153010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1039-8562

Abstract

Objective: To comment upon the potential for alignment of medical student assessment and vocational specialist training through the RANZCP-CanMEDS model of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and Workplace-Based Assessments (WBAs). We discuss a specific post hoc example of such an alignment in an Australian graduate medical school in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Conclusions: Vocational training models of assessment, such as the RANZCP specialist training program for psychiatrists, can potentially be mapped to medical student education in formative and summative assessment through CanMEDs-based EPAs and WBAs, to assist in transition to specialist training.