Improving in-training evaluation programs

For faculties of medicine and training develop reliable, valid, and accountable systems assessment (Table 1), there must be a major the way we view this process. New systems of residency performance assessment that accurately document the characteristics necessary for the future practice of medicine must make evaluations an ongoing part of day-to-day practice. The solution to the problem of ineffective intraining assessment is not the further revision of existing forms, but the restructing of how we evaluate our trainees and reorient our faculty development and reward systems to recognize this essential part of our faculty development and reward systems to recognise this essential part of our practice. An improved system for in- training assessment will not only provide an accountable system for the identification of those individuals who are in difficulty, but also encourage and facilitate learning for all residents in accordance with the objectives of the training program.