The Processes and Dimensions of Informed Self-Assessment: A Conceptual Model
Academic MedicinePublished 5 April 2010Open access
Joan Sargeant, Heather Armson, Ben Chesluk, Timothy Dornan, Kevin W. Eva, Eric S. Holmboe
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Findings suggest the need for attention to the varied influencing conditions and inherent tensions to progress in understanding self-assessment, how it is informed, and its role in self-directed learning and professional self-regulation.
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Central challenges to informing self-assessment are the dynamic interrelationships and underlying tensions among the components comprising self-assessment. Realizing this increases understanding of why self-assessment accuracy seems frequently unreliable. Findings suggest the need for attention to the varied influencing conditions and inherent tensions to progress in understanding self-assessment, how it is informed, and its role in self-directed learning and professional self-regulation. Informed self-assessment is a multidimensional, complex construct requiring further research.
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