title: Limitations and values of evaluation techniques in psychiatric education.
abstract: The author presents a summary of the major evaluation techniques now available and discusses the values and limitations of each. He concludes that only by the use of many evaluation instruments during the resident's period of training can some estimate of clinical competence be approached. Even with this multiplicity of testing instruments, the validity of predictions of a psychiatrist's performance can be determined only in terms of probabilities.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010380:Peer Review; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*