Rating the clinical effectiveness of employed physicians

Abstract

The common procedure for evaluating individual physicians in hospitals and large clinics is a review and evaluation of their patients' records. Such records cannot give an overall assessment of clinical effectiveness whereas performance ratings can. Good rater acceptability and criterion validity (r = .75, p < .001, with work associate ratings) are reported for rating scales developed on a sample of 95 employed physicians. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)