Validation of a global measure of faculty's clinical teaching performance.
OBJECTIVE
To validate the University of Michigan Global Rating Scale (GRS), a single-item, five-point global measure of faculty members' clinical teaching performances previously shown to be reliable.


METHODS
In June 1998, 98 senior medical residents (98% of seniors) from four academic institutions completed the GRS for all teaching faculty at their institutions. Each resident also completed the 26-item Stanford Faculty Development questionnaire (SFDP26) for ten faculty with whom he or she had had teaching contact during residency. The SFDP26 is a validated instrument that measures seven specific aspects of clinical teaching (e.g., communication of goals, feedback).


RESULTS
The mean GRS score (SE) was 3.83 (.07). There was no difference in mean GRS or SFDP26 subscale scores across institutions. In a random-effects model that controlled for interrater reliability, correlation coefficients comparing the mean GRS scores and the mean scores for the individual SFDP26 subscales ranged from.86 to.98.


CONCLUSIONS
The GRS correlates highly with measures of seven specific aspects of teaching effectiveness among senior medical residents. The GRS is a simple, readily administered measure of faculty's teaching performances that can be used by residency programs as part of an incentive or reward program, to identify teachers as potential candidates for faculty development, or for consideration in promotion decisions.
Williams
Brent C
BC
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0429, USA. Bwilliam@umich.edu
Litzelman
Debra K
DK
Babbott
Stewart F
SF
Lubitz
Robert M
RM
Hofer
Tim P
TP
D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards