Key to accomplishing the goal of a developmental training sequence is the ability to match activities and challenges to intern developmental level. Thus, the thoughtful use of evaluation measures is important. Evaluations are intended to provide interns and home departments with feedback about the trainee's progress, of course, and thus communicate our expectations. But evaluations are also important, from our perspective, for eliciting interns' own assessment of needs expectations of the training experience. Evaluation facilitates interns providing CHWS staff with feedback about supervision and training opportunities as the year unfolds.
Evaluation is a two-way process, and is intended to be an educational experience for all involved.
Formal, written evaluations are completed at the conclusion of each semester. Supervisors draft an evaluation, interns complete a self-evaluation using this same form, and following discussion of the two, a formal evaluation is written. Copies of the written evaluation go to the intern, all supervisors who contributed, and to the Academic Training Director. In order for interns and Training Staff to understand what expectations are most important, and be able to see the progress that is made, we need to assess interns' training needs at the start of the year. Intern self-assessments of needs.