title: The relationship between in-service assessment and post-graduate examination performance in psychiatry.
abstract: A system of in-service assessment of trainee psychiatrists by their supervisors is reported. It has been used for four years in a large, service delivery organisation. Analysis of the data collected indicates that the supervisors' ratings were significantly related to subsequent trainee examination performance. From the individual scores however, it can be postulated that as a feedback aid to learning, its usefulness may have been limited by the narrow range of ratings given.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009520:New Zealand; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*