UME/GME Program Resources

Curated Milestone Evaluation Exhibit

Evaluation Instruments

Welcome to the curated exhibit of milestone evaluation instruments. More than 35 instruments were submitted by AAIM members. These 16 instruments were selected for display by members of the AAIM Education Committee as "best practices," based upon clarity of description, innovation and novelty, capability of informing milestone reporting, and potential applicability to other training programs.

While AAIM does not endorse any particular method for evaluation or for milestone reporting to ACGME, these evaluation instruments are shared to help medicine residency and fellowship programs that are looking for examples. For further information about the instruments, please contact the developers directly; contact information is available in the individual exhibits.

Community-Based

Program Size: 30-100 Residents

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Professionalism Milestones Assessment Tools for Competency-Based Progression in the Ambulatory Setting

A Direct Observation Tool To Evaluate Safe Discharge Competency (Fick)
Clinical Setting: Inpatient Wards

Direct Observation Bedside Rounding Tool (Patton)
Clinical Setting: Inpatient Wards

Use of a Facilitated Multisource (360) Feedback Tool to Assess Team Based Competencies (Deutsch)
Clinical Setting: Inpatient Wards

Baystate Ambulatory Advancement Passports (Rosenblum and Aulakh)
Clinical Setting: Outpatient/Continuity Clinic

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Morbidity and Mortality Conference Presentation Evaluation (Apaloo)
Clinical Setting: Patient Safety/ QI

Challenges in Internal Medicine Resident Procedure Training and the ACGME's PBLI Milestone System (Hampton)
Clinical Setting: Procedures

Google Your Residents: Using Google Forms to Manage and Track Milestones (Vincent)
Clinical Setting: ICU, Inpatient Wards, Outpatient/ Continuity Clinic, Subspecialty

Milestone Evaluations for a Community-Based Program: A Rotation-Specific, Community-Engaged Approach (Swenson)
Clinical Setting: ICU, Patient Safety/QI, Inpatient Wards, Outpatient/Continuity Clinic, Subspecialty

Patient and Nursing Milestone Evaluation Tools for the Inpatient Hospital Setting (Bergin)
Clinical Setting: Professionalism/Communication

Program Size: More than 100 Residents

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Professionalism Milestones Assessment Tools for Competency-Based Progression in the Ambulatory Setting

Society of Hospital Medicine Patient Safety Assessment Table (O'Malley)
Clinical Setting: Patient Safety

University-Based

Program Size: 30-100 Residents

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Professionalism Milestones Assessment Tools for Competency-Based Progression in the Ambulatory Setting

Behind the Scenes: EPAs Mapped to Milestones to Inform CCC on Resident Development without Cluttering Rotation Forms (Kon)
Clinical Setting: Inpatient Wards

Assessment of Residents' Knowledge and Skills in Initiation of Insulin Therapy (Eck)
Clinical Setting: Outpatient/Continuity Clinic

Methods for Evaluation Development (Halvorson)
Clinical Setting: ICU, Inpatient Wards, Outpatient/Continuity Clinic, Patient Safety/QI

Program Size: More than 100 Residents

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Professionalism Milestones Assessment Tools for Competency-Based Progression in the Ambulatory Setting

Feedback Tool to Solicit Information on Resident Performance from Interdisciplinary Team Members (Bakar)
Clinical Setting: Professionalism/Communication

Rotational EPA-Based Evaluations Mapped to Milestone Elements (Choe)
Clinical Setting: Inpatient Wards

A Milestone-Based Assessment Tool for a General Medicine Ward Rotation Incorporating Positive Narratives to Describe Performance (Arcasoy)
Clinical Setting: Inpatient Wards

Invasive Bedside Procedural Checklist (Lenchus)
Clinical Setting: Procedures

Use of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and the Amount of Supervision Required in Determining Resident Achievement of Milestones (Wolfsthal)
Clinical Setting: ICU, Inpatient Wards, Outpatient/Continuity Clinic, Subspecialty

An Iterative Approach to Milestone Assessments across Settings (Fisher)
Clinical Setting: ICU, Inpatient Wards, Outpatient/Continuity Clinic, Subspecialty

Society of Hospital Medicine Patient Safety Assessment Table (O'Malley)
Clinical Setting: Patient Safety

Milestone-Based Self-Evaluation (Barron)
Clinical Setting: Self-Evaluation

Reviewers

John H. Choe, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine

Jillian Catalanotti, MD
George Washington University School of Medicine and Public Health

Kelly J. Caverzagie, MD
University of Nebraska School of Medicine

Frances Collichio, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Paul A. Hemmer, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Susan T. Hingle, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Heather Laird-Fick, MD
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Margaret C. Lo, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine

Caroline Milne, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine

John P. Moriarty, MD
Yale School of Medicine

Bipin Thapa, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Jennifer Thompson, MD
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Katherine Walsh, MD
Ohio State University College of Medicine