Appendix 3 – Trainee Evaluation

Please evaluate the fellow's performance of each component of the General Competencies. Select the rating which best describes the fellow's skills and abilities. Identify the major strengths and weaknesses you have observed in the trainee's performance in the comments spaces.

1 = STRONGLY DISAGREE - He/she makes poor decisions or has an unsatisfactory approach to solving problems that results in poor care delivery or unacceptable behavior. He/she displays problems with integrity, trustworthiness, compassion, or respectfulness. He/she does not appear capable of understanding concepts, exercising judgment and/or demonstrating behaviors that are important to achieve competence for the element being evaluated.

2 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE - He/she governed by rules, but not capable of utilizing experience to address circumstances that are unexpected or non-typical or he/she inconsistently uses experience to guide decisions or actions. He/she deals effectively with routine, repetitive or non-stressful situations but requires supervision in more difficult or challenging circumstances. Limited internal resources and thus, requires guidance and supervision for most decisions.

3 = NEITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE - He/she utilizes learned principles and applies them to guide actions in usual or typical circumstances. He/she has developed adequate internal resources upon which he/she can rely to make competent decisions in routine cases. Recognizes his/her limitations and accesses support when needed, especially for more challenging situations. This is the level expected from those at the completion of training and indicates that they can effectively address the majority of routine situations and will access support when needed in other cases.

4 = SOMEWHAT AGREE - He/she utilizes principles and applies them to guide actions in unusual or challenging circumstances. Is consistently trusted to deal effectively with complex problems. He/she has developed enough internal understanding that they can handle challenging situations without the need for external support.

5 = STRONGLY AGREE- He/she can recognize errors or inadequacies in knowledge, judgment or behavior in complex situations and is capable of effective remediation. He/she is a persuasive lifelong learner. He/she understands the contextual "whole" and is fluid and flexible in performance.