TAGME Faculty Development and Supervision 5

Question 1

A clinical educator repeatedly praises a resident's communication skills when evaluating their procedural competency. Which rater error is occurring?

Accepted Answer

Halo effect

Answer

The halo effect occurs when a positive impression in one domain inappropriately influences ratings in unrelated domains.

Question 2

Which ACGME Core Competency is MOST directly addressed when a faculty development program trains attendings to teach evidence-based medicine at the bedside?

Accepted Answer

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Answer

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement includes using evidence from scientific studies and applying it to patient care and teaching.

Question 3

An institution wants faculty to integrate wellness conversations into resident supervision. Which approach is MOST effective for sustaining this behavior change?

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal faculty coaching with accountability check-ins

Answer

Longitudinal coaching with accountability structures produces sustained behavioral change more reliably than single didactic events or passive interventions.

Question 4

Which ACGME requirement mandates that programs must have a process to assess whether faculty members are meeting their supervisory and teaching responsibilities?

Accepted Answer

Faculty evaluation by residents and the program

Answer

ACGME requires programs to evaluate faculty performance using data that includes resident assessments of faculty teaching and supervision.

Question 5

A new faculty member trained in a different specialty is asked to supervise subspecialty procedures outside their training. What is the program director's FIRST obligation?

Accepted Answer

Verify competency before granting supervisory privileges

Answer

Programs must ensure that supervising faculty have documented competence in the specific skills they are overseeing before assigning supervisory roles.

TAGME - Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education Practice Test

TAGME - Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education Practice Test

TAGME Faculty Development and Supervision 5