Application of formative evaluation in the process of specimen collection for clinical pathology residents

E Li; Wei Rong; Li Xin; Shang Lifang; Wang Chen

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2096-4293.2024.06.005

Abstract：Objective To explore the significance and effectiveness of formative assessment in the specimen collection process for clinical pathology residents.Methods We proposed a specifically designed formative evaluation form which was used to evaluate the specimen collection performance of clinical pathological residents.And based on the accuracy rate on following three aspects:gross description of the specimen,samples cutting and collection,as well as samples photography.The performance of the residents would be classified into four levels:excellent(accuracy rate≥90%),good(accuracy rate≥75%),medium(accuracy rate≥60%),and poor(accuracy rate<60%).The instructor of each resident would give the performance result back to each individual,and the residents shall be granted the chance to learn from the feedback,thus keeping improving.The evaluation would be performed at least once a month for continuous six months,followed by the analysis and summary of the final data.Results A total of 42 formative evaluation forms containing 807 specimens were collected during the 6 month period.And based on the data,an inspiring result was discovered that the accuracy rate kept increasing,meanwhile,the errors as well as partly error rate decreased over the time.Actually,at the final stage of evaluation,errors only occurred occasionally.Of the 42 performance forms,a total of 31 were evaluated as excellent,8 were good,2 were media,meanwhile,only 1 was evaluated as poor.The replenishment rate was estimated to be around 2%each month.Conclusion Our specifically designed formative evaluation form could be effectively used to evaluate the performance of training residents,thus aiding the identifying of existing problems followed by being fixed.The formative evaluation form is expected to be able to gradually improve the students'specimen collection ability,and we consider it suitable for future wide-ranging promotion and clinical application during the process of students training.