Improve the clinical teaching at core sites by focusing on student/resident assessment and evaluation methods and to inform the core sites of College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS) rotation expectations and competencies.

Target Audience

The target audience for this series includes clinical adjunct faculty at CPMS core hospital rotation sites.

Objectives

1. Differentiate between clinical assessment and evaluation.
2. Employ different assessment methods to evaluation students/residents.
3. Identify student/resident learning issues.
4. Utilize the CPMS competency evaluation.

Speaker

Kevin Smith, DPM, FACFAS
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery and Clinician, Foot and Ankle, Des Moines University

Education    

• DPM, Des Moines University
• MS, Drake University

Certifications    

• Diplomate, American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Dr. Smith indicated his spouse/partner is a self managed stock holder in Robert Half International Stock Options – Recruiting Firms. 

Continuing Education Credit

Des Moines Univeristy (DMU) is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. DMU has approved this activity for a maximum of 1.0 continuing education contact hour(s).

No commercial interest provided financial support for this continuing education activity.