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PPA 5: PD Professional Progress Assessments early in clerkships

Evaluating Your Progress toward Professional Practice 2018

Developing an Inner Operating System to Put Professional Awareness into Action
Your Assignment: Professional Progress Assessments
(same for students who have begun and not begun clerkships; If an item is not relevant, just indicate as
such.)
I. Complete Competency Domain Worksheet (see Attachments)—just brief notes
As was indicated in your PPA I assignment, the competency domains are used by medical school and
residency programs to assess you and assure that you are entrustable to perform the of a doctor work
(the 13 Entrustable Professional Activities, or EPAs). As noted previously, Each EPA is composed of
several competency domains.

II. Complete Progress on Previous Goals (See Attachments)

Reflect on your progress in completing your Learning Plan Goals from previous learning Plans—use
the chart in the Attachment (or paragraph format, if you prefer) How successful were you with
each goal—0% 25% 50% 75% 100%?
 Present specific evidence of your goal achievement
 Do you want to continue to work on this goal and if so, how (description, time line)?
 Do you want to build upon this goal with a new goal?

III.Write Summative Reflections: 1page maximum for each of the 4 paragraphs.

Highlight the accomplishments of which you are particularly proud and target areas for further
improvement. Select from your Competency Domain Work Sheet and Personal Learning Plan
Progress Report (see Attachment) for these 4 paragraphs:
1. Your medical science progress
2. Your clinical progress
3. Your personal development—thoughts on yourself as an individual in the process of
becoming a professional: your resilience, coping, your adjustment, your confidence,
your motivation (from the people and/or spiritual connections that give your life
meaning). As part of this reflection, address 2 of the 8 Wellness Spheres:
Environmental, Emotional, Financial, Intellectual, Occupational, Physical, Social, or
Spiritual.(See Wellness Spheres, Figure 2, and associated definitions).
4. Teamwork &Professionalism
In constructing your reflections be sure to offer the 3 parts of a proficient reflection: a clear
description, an analysis of what you describe and new insights. Also, please use the Competency
Domains Work Sheet in the Attachments to help organize your thinking for this Summative
Reflection. As was indicated in your PPA I assignment, the competency domains are used by medical
school and residency programs to assess you and assure that you are entrustable to perform the of a
doctor work (the 13 Entrustable Professional Activities, or EPAs). As noted previously, Each EPA is
composed of several competency domains.
IV.Complete a New Personal Learning Plan (See Attachment—New Goals for Clerkships)
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a. Use chart in the Attachment (or paragraph format, if you prefer) which captures the
SMART method
b. Choose 1 goal for each category that you are willing to commit to.
c. Use the SMART method to construct your personal Learning Plans: make each goal specific,
Measurable, Achievable, Results-focused and Time-bound

Attachments
Competency Domain Worksheet
(Note: System based Practice and Practice-based learning domains are excluded because of little relevance)
Domain Examples Your Analysis Notes
Medical Knowledge for Practice -Analyze your progress in any of these areas: basic
science/evidence-based medicine/clinical
knowledge and reasoning, public health. Any
accomplishments of which you are particularly
proud?
-Any areas which you think need further
attention?
Patient Care -Analyze your progress in any of these areas:
CAP/clinical skills and
reasoning/FOSCEs/PBEs/Physical Diagnosis. Any
accomplishments of which you are particularly
proud?
-Any areas which you think need further attention?

Professionalism -Analyze your progress in giving and receiving

feedback
--How have you reacted to colleagues and
professors who have stressed/annoyed/irritated
you?
Interpersonal -Analyze your progress in any of these areas:
Communication CSR and PD doctor-patient communication
sessions/CAP/working in teams.
-Any accomplishments of which you are
particularly proud?
-Any areas which you think need further
Interprofessional -What have you learned about your strengths and
Collaboration (includes weaknesses functioning in teams?
teamwork)
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Personal and Professional
Development
-Reflect on mistakes you made, plans that didn’t
work—what did you learn from them?
-Reflect on your personal growth:
--What new perspectives and insights did you
arrive at about yourself? New understandings
about your cultural perspectives and biases?
--Are you satisfied with what you have done to
keep well and keep work- life balance? (See 8
spheres of wellness diagram on p 7)
--What about spiritual growth— your
connection to what gives your personal and
professional life meaning?

New Goals (for Clerkships for those who have begun clerkships)
Medical Science Goal: Evidence of Goal Achievement (what Start End Date
CD*: Medical Knowledge for Practice will be measured) Date Your final
self-
evaluation

Actions to Achieve Goal:

1.
2.
Clinical Goal: Evidence of Goal Achievement (what Start End Date
CD: Patient Care, will be measured) Date
Professionalism, Interpersonal
Communication

Actions to Achieve Goal:

1.
2.
Personal Development/Wellness Evidence of Goal Achievement (what Start End Date
Goal 1: will be measured) Date
Goal 2:
CD: Practice-based Learning: personal
improvement Personal and Professional
Development

Actions to Achieve Goal:

1.
2.
Teamwork & Professionalism Goal: Evidence of Goal Achievement Start Date End Date
.CD: Interprofessional Collaboration, (whatwill be measured)
Professionalism
Actions to Achieve Goal .
1.
2.
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Progress on previous goals: review your previous PPAs in your portfolios and use the chart
below to map your progress (present your progress in paragraph form if you prefer)

Goal #1: Evidence of Goal Achievement (what was measured)

Medical science -- How successful were you with each goal--0 25% 50% 75% 100% ?
-- Present specific evidence of your goal achievement
-- Do you want to continue to work on this goal and if so, how (description, time line)?
-- Do you want to build upon this goal with a new goal?

Goal #2: Evidence of Goal Achievement (what was measured)

Clinical -- How successful were you with each goal--0 25% 50% 75% 100% ?
-- Present specific evidence of your goal achievement
-- Do you want to continue to work on this goal and if so, how (description, time line)?
-- Do you want to build upon this goal with a new goal?

Goal #3 & 4 Evidence of Goal Achievement (what was measured)

-- How successful were you with each goal--0 25% 50% 75% 100% ?
-- Present specific evidence of your goal achievement
-- Do you want to continue to work on this goal and if so, how (description, time line)?
Personal
-- Do you want to build upon this goal with a new goal?
Development/Wel
l-ness

Goal # 5 Evidence of Goal Achievement (what was measured)

Teamwork & -- How successful were you with each goal--0 25% 50% 75% 100% ?
Professionalism -- Present specific evidence of your goal achievement
-- Do you want to continue to work on this goal and if so, how (description, time line)?
-- Do you want to build upon this goal with a new goal?
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