RT Book, Section A1 Hauer, Karen E. A1 Kogan, Jennifer R. A1 O’Sullivan, Patricia S. A1 Ramani, Subha A2 Malau-Aduli, Bunmi A2 Hays, Richard A2 van der Vleuten, Cees SR Print(0) ID 1205038871 T1 Quality Assurance of Workplace Based Assessment T2 Understanding Assessment in Medical Education through Quality Assurance YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260469653 LK accessworldmed.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1205038871 RD 2024/11/11 AB Chapter HighlightsThis chapter defines workplace-based assessment (WBA) and characterizes its purpose within a program of assessment to describe learners’ interactions with patients and teams and performance of essential tasks in the workplace.Many available tools for WBA exist, and educators select tools based on the skills deemed important to observe and feasibility and acceptability of the tool for the learners and observers in a particular educational and clinical context.Successful implementation of WBA requires a change in learning culture to promote learners’ and supervisors’ understanding of and skill with direct observation and feedback.Feedback represents dialogue centered within the learner–supervisor relationship where supervisors use WBA data to guide learners in reflecting on their performance, identifying gaps, and generating plans for improvement.Quality assurance of the WBA system requires communicating the purpose and use of WBA to participants, monitoring data quality, and creating and assessing a plan for aggregating data to make decisions about learner competence.