Feature
A better peer
assessment
model
Making a bigger
educational impact
for a greater number
of doctors
illustration by sandy nichols
W
alk-in clinics don’t come in a
standard shape. A physician
who works in one walk-in
clinic, for example, may
have access to all sorts of equipment to manage urgent care, while a physician who works
in the walk-in clinic down the street, may
not. Some walk-in clinics are multi-disciplinary, and others may be drop in centres that
are part of a family practice structure. That can make it difficult
for the College peer assessor –
This has involved
who will see a variety of practices
building consensus
– to even know where to start.
Certainly, it is a dilemma that
in terms of defining
has faced Dr. Jan Ahuja, an emerquality for different gency physician who conducts
assessment domains walk-in clinic assessments for
the College. That is why he has
been so eager to be a part of the
College’s Peer Assessment Redesign Project,
which will bring new tools and procedures to
peer assessments beginnin