Dialogue Volume 11 Issue 4 2015 | Page 11

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