A multi-institutional study assessing general surgery faculty teaching evaluations

Adam D Shellito; Christian de Virgilio; Amy H Kaji; Darrel W Harrington; Jamie M Robertson; Nicole K Zern; David A Spain; Karen J Dickinson; Douglas S Smink; Nancy L Cho; Timothy Donahue; Cary B Aarons; Jukes P Namm; Farin Amersi; Tiffany N Tanner; Edgar Shields Frey; Benjamin T Jarman; Brian R Smith; Jeffrey M Gauvin; Karen J Brasel; Edgardo S Salcedo; Kenric Murayama; V Prasad Poola; Ebondo Mpinga; Kenji Inaba; Kristine E Calhoun

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.030

A multi-institutional study assessing general surgery faculty teaching evaluations

Am J Surg. 2021 Aug;222(2):334-340. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.030. Epub 2020 Dec 25.

Authors

Adam D Shellito¹, Christian de Virgilio², Amy H Kaji³, Darrel W Harrington¹, Jamie M Robertson⁴, Nicole K Zern⁵, David A Spain⁶, Karen J Dickinson⁷, Douglas S Smink⁴, Nancy L Cho⁴, Timothy Donahue⁸, Cary B Aarons⁹, Jukes P Namm¹⁰, Farin Amersi¹¹, Tiffany N Tanner¹², Edgar Shields Frey¹³, Benjamin T Jarman¹⁴, Brian R Smith¹⁵, Jeffrey M Gauvin¹⁶, Karen J Brasel¹⁷, Edgardo S Salcedo¹⁸, Kenric Murayama¹⁹, V Prasad Poola²⁰, Ebondo Mpinga²¹, Kenji Inaba²², Kristine E Calhoun²³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA; Lundquist Institute of Biomedical Research, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
³ Lundquist Institute of Biomedical Research, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹² Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
¹³ Department of Surgery, Baptist Health System, Birmingham, AL, USA.
¹⁴ Gunderson Medical Foundation, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Surgery, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
²⁰ Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA.
²¹ Department of Surgery, WellSpan York Hospital, York, PA, USA.
²² Department of Surgery, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
²³ Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: calhounk@uw.edu.

PMID: 33388134
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.030

Abstract

Background: Resident evaluation of faculty teaching is an important metric in general surgery training, however considerable variability in faculty teaching evaluation (FE) instruments exists.

Study design: Twenty-two general surgery programs provided their FE and program demographics. Three clinical education experts performed blinded assessment of FEs, assessing adherence 2018 ACGME common program standards and if the FE was meaningful.

Results: Number of questions per FE ranged from 1 to 29. The expert assessments demonstrated that no evaluation addressed all 5 ACGME standards. There were significant differences in the FEs effectiveness of assessing the 5 ACGME standards (p < 0.001), with teaching abilities and professionalism rated the highest and scholarly activities the lowest.

Conclusion: There was wide variation between programs regarding FEs development and adhered to ACGME standards. Faculty evaluation tools consistently built around all suggested ACGME standards may allow for a more accurate and useful assessment of faculty teaching abilities to target professional development.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Accreditation
Faculty, Medical*
General Surgery / education*
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Professional Competence*
Program Evaluation