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Mary Noel is the PI of HRSA grant – 7/1/05 – 6/30/08 - $582,929; collaborators: Chris Reznick, Henry Barry, Aron Sousa, Rebecca Henry, David Solomon, Rae Schnuth, Ruth Hoppe, Suzanne Sorkin, and Margaret Thompson.

Gateway Assessments in UME through Family Practice

Abstract

The goal for this project is to improve medical student evaluation through development, pilot-testing, and institutionalization of a program of summative “gateway assessment” evaluation, which should then address health professional education to improve the care of patients. “Gateway assessments” are competency-based student performance evaluations that must be successfully passed by all students at different stages in their medical training. The gateway assessment will ultimately be applied to students at the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, during the 2 nd, 3rd, and 4 th years of training, for a yearly total of approximately 315 students being assessed.

This application proposed the following objectives:

1) To develop, pilot test, and evaluate three gateway assessments in the areas of 1) patient care, 2) evidence-based medicine/practice-based learning and improvement (EBM/PBL&I), and 3) applying information to groups/systems-based practice (AIG/SBP);

2) To develop a series of manuals for students, staff and faculty to guide gateway assessment implementation;

3) To develop and implement faculty and staff training programs and materials in support of the gateway assessment program;

4) To disseminate results at national meetings and in the peer-reviewed literature, and through the development of CD-ROM based materials suitable for use by other medical schools.

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