Application of 360 degree evaluation in competency assessment of community general practice trainers / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To apply 360 degree evaluation in competence assessment of community general practice trainers.Methods The 360 degree evaluation questionnaire was designed by authors and the evaluation was applied to assess the personal comprehensive quality,competence in general practice and teaching of 16 general practice trainers in Fenglin Community Health Service Center of Shanghai Xuhui District.Results The scores of personal comprehensive quality,competency in general practice and teaching were 7.73 ± 0.73,6.91 ± 0.91 and 6.44 ± 1.38,respectively.The total scores from different evaluators were 6.93 ± 0.12 for peers,6.68 ± 0.74 for hospital executives,8.17 ± 0.12 for nurses and 6.43 ± 0.89 from self evaluation (F =27.91,P =0.000).Conclusion The variance between different evaluators in 360 degree evaluation can avoid bias of single one.The results of 360 degree evaluation show that the teaching ability of community general practice trainer is relatively low,suggesting the training of teaching ability should be strengthened for these trainers.