Urology, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Evaluation Process

Being evaluated and receiving feedback are important components to every educational process. While you are rotating with us, your performance will be evaluated and you will receive feedback from attendings and residents. Some of it will be as a written evaluation at the conclusion of your rotation. But some will be informal through discussion in the operating room, in clinic, or while rounding with the team. We will comment on the strengths you exhibit while working with us. We will also offer feedback with suggestions for how you can improve your performance. Grading will be performed by our faculty and residents

Your evaluations will be reviewed and summarized and a grade of Honors, pass, low pass, or fail will be awarded. Grades are determined as a group by all of the faculty and residents that you work with. Clinical grading is somewhat subjective and there is no “point system” for earning Honors. Honors are given only to the top 20% of students. Therefore meeting all obligations and doing a solid job does not necessarily equal an Honors grade. You must clearly stand out in your performance, either by knowledge, your patient care, your work ethic, or a combination of all of these factors.

Your grades will then be given to the Department of Surgery Medical Student Education Office who will post them on OASIS and use them to determine your clerkship grade. Your performance will also be evaluated in part by the successes you have answering urologic questions on the SHELF exam.

You will also have the opportunity to evaluate how well we are meeting our teaching objectives. You may stop by Julie’s office, G5/340, at any point during your last week of service to pick up a copy of the evaluation. Please be sure to complete it and return it to her by 3 PM on your last day. We use your response as feedback to help guide us as we revise and improve our curriculum. Please offer as many suggestions as you would like to.

We also require that you complete an anonymous teaching assessment tool so we can learn how well we are teaching the core urologic curriculum. Julie will give this to you on your last day with us. Please be sure to return it to her before 3 PM. It is anonymous and you will not be graded on this. We use the results to see how well we are meeting our teaching objectives. We appreciate your help with this.

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