Assessing the quality of feedback to general internal medicine residents in a competency-based environment

Construct Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) is designed to use workplace-based assessment (WBA) tools to provide observed assessment and feedback on resident competence. Moreover, WBAs are expected to provide evidence beyond that of more traditional mid- or end-of-rotation assessments [e.g., In Training Evaluation Reports (ITERs)]. In this study, we investigated the quality of feedback in General Internal Medicine (GIM), by comparing WBA and ITER assessment tools.