ECRA has partnered with hospitals and healthcare organizations to master the assessment of competencies. These include both core clinical competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism and systems based practice) and competencies defined by stakeholders from your institution.

ECRA Group works with you to first establish clear-cut, specified goals and objectives that can be marked by measurable behaviors, and then to perfect a competency assessment or performance appraisal system that accurately measures performance and helps you to shape the daily behavior of your residents, nurses or other clinical staff – ultimately improving patient care and outcomes.

ECRA Group works with you to develop customized evaluation tools based on, but not limited to the following proven techniques as recommended by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education:

• 360-degree evaluation instrument
• Chart stimulated recall oral examination
• Checklist evaluation of live or recorded performance
• Global rating of live or recorded performance
• Objective structured clinical examination
• Procedure, operative or case logs
• Patient surveys
• Portfolios
• Record review
• Simulations and models
• Standardized oral examination
• Standardized patient examination
• Written examination

ECRA Group also offers the option of evaluating your existing assessment or appraisal program and working with you to improve its effectiveness as a measurement and continuous quality improvement tool.

For more information about our Competency Assessment and Performance Appraisal program for healthcare institutions, please contact ECRA Group by clicking here.