title: Workplace-based assessments in psychiatry: evaluation of a whole assessment system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Work Place-Based Assessments (WPBAs) were introduced into psychiatry along with the new curriculum in 2005. The Royal College of Psychiatrists decided to pilot several WPBAs to ascertain their suitability.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight types of assessments (Case-Based Discussion, Assessment of Clinical Expertise, Mini-Assessed Clinical Encounter, Mini-Peer Assessment Tool, Direct Observations of Procedural Skills, Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires, Case Conference, and Journal Club Presentation) were piloted, either singly or in combination, on 16 sites, with 600 psychiatric trainees.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Consultant psychiatrists carried out most of the assessments. Case-Based Discussion was the most popular, and high levels of correlation were obtained across several assessment tools.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is evidence that with suitable training of assessors and trainees, WPBAs can be introduced and are feasible in assessing some competencies.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brittlebank
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Longson
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Dinesh K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bhugra
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D006113:United Kingdom; D017132:Workplace