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ForwardEvaluating Learners Effectively: Tools and Best Practices
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Other Preceptor Development Webinars
February 11 - Balancing Teaching and Patient Care: Strategies for Busy Clinical Settings
March 4 - Engaging Teaching Strategies for Clinical Preceptors
May 6 - Giving Learners Constructive Feedback that Drives Growth
June 3 - Voices from the Field: Preceptors’ Perspectives and Lessons Learned
Purpose
Empower your teaching in real-world clinical settings! This five-part series was designed in collaboration with experienced preceptors to address the areas they identified as most critical for success. Each 45-minute session offers practical strategies, interactive activities, and quick-reference tools focused on efficient teaching, learner evaluation, feedback delivery, and sustainability. Join us to strengthen your skills, streamline your workflow, and make every teaching moment count!
Description
This session equips clinical preceptors with practical tools to evaluate medical learners accurately, fairly, and in alignment with competency-based medical education standards. Participants will explore strategies for direct observation, behavior anchored ratings, avoiding common evaluation errors, and writing high-quality narrative comments. The session also covers documenting concerns and supporting struggling learners to ensure evaluations that are both educationally meaningful and professionally defensible.
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between formative feedback and summative evaluation.
- Describe core competency domains relevant to clinical preceptors and identify observable behaviors that align with developmental milestones.
- Identify evidence-informed strategies, such as direct observation, behavior anchoring, and entrustment language, to produce accurate and fair assessments.
- Explain the importance of clear, behavior-based narrative comments that both reflect competency expectations and offer actionable next steps for learner growth.
Moderator
Nehad El-Sawi, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Academic Innovation and Enhancement, Office of Academic Affairs, Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences
Speaker
Gary Beck Dallaghan, PhD
Assistant Dean for Accreditation, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Dr. Beck Dallaghan is the assistant dean for accreditation at Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He heads the college's accreditation and educational quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Beck Dallaghan has nearly three decades of experience in medical education. For over 20 years, he was at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, completing a master's in mathematics and a doctorate in educational psychology. He served as their assistant dean for medical education for five years. In 2018, he joined the University of North Carolina School of Medicine as director of educational scholarship. After a brief time from 2022 to 2024 at a new medical school, Dr. Beck Dallaghan excitedly explores accreditation and educational quality improvement by applying interpretive policy analysis. Nationally, he is actively involved in several medical education organizations, including nearly 30 years with the Alliance for Clinical Education and as the current president of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics.
Accreditation Statements
- MD: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences (DMU) is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this live activity for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- DO: Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this activity for a maximum of 0.75 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
- Other healthcare providers: This activity is designated for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
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Educational Grants
No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.
DISCLOSURE
The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, or devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The activity director is responsible for determining educational content and selecting speakers.
Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
- Gary Beck Dallaghan, PhD - Speaker
- Nehad El-Sawi, PhD - Activity Director and Moderator
DISCLAIMER
The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not a substitute for a healthcare provider's independent medical judgment regarding diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient's medical condition.
Available Credit
- 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- 0.75 AOA Category 2A
- 0.75 CE Contact Hour(s)
- 0.75 CPME
Price
There is no cost to attend. Preceptors and clinical instructors are invited to attend.