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A seven-year review (2011-17) of the work-based assessment component of Malta’s Specialist Training Programme in Family Medicine
Background: Work-based assessment (WBA) within Malta’s Specialist Training Programme in Family Medicine is recorded using the ‘One-to-One Appraisal’ form in the General Practitioner (GP) Trainee Educational ePortfolio. -- Objectives: The postgraduate training coordinators in family medicine review the above annually to see where the WBA is operating well and to identify where improvements are required. -- Method: The ‘One-to-One Appraisal’ involves the completion of a scoring system (selecting one score from ‘needs further development’: 1-2-3; ‘competent’: 4-5-6; and ‘excellent’: 7-8-9) for twelve competency areas. The educational portfolio is reviewed using objective requirements listed in the form ‘Review of the GP Trainee Educational Portfolio’. -- Results: The review of educational portfolios revealed commendable practices including detailed educational plans and case-logs, a general trend of adherence to time frames, and high attendance rates for group-teaching sessions. While One-to-One Appraisal documents were filled in satisfactorily, the issue of remarkably high average scoring was encountered. Moreover disparities were seen between scores and comments in some of the ‘GP trainee interim review by GP trainer’ forms. Deficiencies were outlined in clinical supervision time, mainly during family medicine government placements, while incomplete adherence to placement requirements was noticed. -- Conclusion: A significant amount of quality work was carried out by the GP trainees under their trainers’ supervision. Two main areas of improvement were however outlined – the need for refining the GP trainers’ score allocation and the importance of regular review of the portfolio by both trainees and trainers, with the prompt flagging of persisting unresolved issues to the training coordinators.peer-reviewe
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Work-based assessment within Malta’s specialist training programme in family medicine
The Specialist Training Programme in Family
Medicine (STPFM) – Malta was drawn up by the Malta
College of Family Doctors in 2006, approved by Malta’s
Specialist Accreditation Committee, and launched in
2007 by the Primary Health Care Department and the
Malta College of Family Doctors. This article regarding
the work-based assessment of specialist training in family
medicine in Malta was prepared by consulting various
local / international documents and publications that
are related to general practice / family medicine and
its teaching, appraisal and assessment. Assessment of
family doctors should consider their actual performance
of different tasks in diverse settings of daily practice;
this is carried out on-site by direct observation of the
practitioner at the work-place (work-based assessment)
using different methods.peer-reviewe
Specialist training in family medicine in Malta during 2007-2012 : a comparative evaluation of the first and fifth years of the programme
As a result of Malta’s entry to the European
Union in 2004, Family Medicine was recognised as a
speciality and subsequently a three-year programme of
Specialist Training was launched in 2007 by the Primary
Health Care Department and the Malta College of Family
Doctors. By 2012, three cohorts of GP trainees had
completed the training programme. Evaluation is important in ensuring quality
and success in provision of teaching programmes in general,
and family-doctor training in particular. While evaluation
and improvement of the programme is performed on an
ongoing basis, a comparison of the trainees’ evaluations of
the first (2007-8) and fifth (2011-2) years of the training
programme was carried out in order to identify areas where
consolidation or further improvement was needed. Evaluation forms are completed by trainees
after each post in family or hospital practice and after
each group-teaching session. The information from these
forms is transcribed into MS Excel to enable quantitative
and qualitative analysis. The feedback given during the
period 2007 – 2008 was compared with that given during
2011 – 2012. During the first and fifth years of the training
programme, GP trainees were 80-90% satisfied with the
effectiveness of the training provided during the family
practice posts, and over 90% satisfied with the presentation,
content and relevance of the teaching provided during the
group teaching sessions. Their overall satisfaction with the
effectiveness of training in the other specialities improved
from 53-92% to 65-95%. While GP trainees’ satisfaction with their
training generally remained high or improved, specific areas
were identified in family medicine and hospital placements
where changes for improvement are merited.peer-reviewe
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Statistical Analysis of Project Pyro Liquid Propellant Explosion Data
Statistical regression analysis of Project Pyro cryogenic propellant explosion test dat
Experiments shed new light on nickel-fluorine reactions
Isotopic tracer experiments and scale-impingement experiments show fluorine to be the migrating species through the nickel fluoride scale formed during the fluorination of nickel. This is in contrast to nickel oxide scales, where nickel is the migrating species
Auditing the auditors: oversight or overkill?
A growing number of high-profile companies have had to restate their earnings at substantially lower levels to correct the prior use of "aggressive" and even fraudulent accounting practices. Because the companies’ auditors approved the original reports, policymakers have questioned the capacity of public accounting firms to promote fair financial reporting. In response, recent legislation has instituted several reforms, including the creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which together with the Securities and Exchange Commission will investigate alleged lapses in accounting practices. But how much oversight is really necessary? Jeffery Gunther and Robert Moore examine recent events in the light of research findings. Based on this analysis, they conclude that market forces have tended, over time, to shape the role of auditors to match or correspond to the needs of investors in monitoring individual companies’ performance. Despite current sentiment to the contrary, substantial government involvement in the business of auditing appears to be needed only when other types of government intervention, such as bank deposit insurance, have already disrupted market-based incentives for effective audits. In the more typical situation, both government and industry policymakers should avoid restrictive measures that unnecessarily increase audit costs, instead taking into account market forces’ successful track record in disciplining ineffective auditors and promoting an effective audit function.>Securities and Exchange Commission ; Accounting
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