Assigning Resident-Specific Objectives

Use this process to assign objectives to individual residents based on their specific interests or areas of focus outside the program’s standard curriculum.

These tasks can be completed by the RPD and Designee.

Before You Begin

• Resident-specific objectives are assigned to individual residents only (not the entire program). If the objective is for all residents in the program, it should be added as a program elective objective. If you previously added a competency area as an elective set, but it should be for specific residents only, you must remove and re-add it as a resident-specific curricular set to assign it to individual residents.
• Resident-specific objectives are not automatically assigned upon enrollment.
• Once assigned, resident-specific objectives must be taught, evaluated, and marked Achieved for Residency (ACHR). Learning activities should be added and mapped to each objective.
• They should be discussed in the Resident Development Plan.
• Resident-Specific Objectives can be tracked the same as all other objectives.

• They can be viewed on submitted evaluations (on a separate page) and in evaluation reports.
• For planning purposes, they can be included in the program’s “Goals and Objectives Taught and Evaluated in Learning Experiences” report and will be listed in the resident-specific “Scheduled Learning Experiences for Assigned Goals and Objectives” report.
• On the PharmAcademic Dashboards:
  • Learning Experience Dashboard: Learning experiences with resident-specific objectives selected will be designated as such on the grid
  • Resident Dashboard: residents who are assigned resident-specific objectives will have a count of the number of objectives on the grid

Instructions

Overview of the Process

To assign resident-specific objectives, complete the following steps in order:

1. Add the resident-specific curricular set to your program
2. Assign objectives to individual residents
3. Add the objectives to a learning experience and schedule it

Step 1: Add the Resident-Specific Curricular Set to the Program

1. Click the Manage Program link.
2. Select the Competency Areas tab.
3. Click the Add Resident-Specific Curricular Set link.
4. Click the Add Competency Area link next to the desired set.
5. Select a summative scale from the dropdown.
6. Click the Confirm Changes and Save button.
7. Click the Close button.

Step 2: Assign Objectives to a Resident

1. Click the Residents tab.
2. Select a resident.
3. Select the Competencies tab.
4. Click the Add/Edit Resident-Specific Objectives link.
5. Select the curricular set from the dropdown.
6. Select the objective(s).
7. Click the Save button.

Step 3: Add Objectives to a Learning Experience and Schedule It

1. Click the Learning Experiences tab.
2. Click the Add New Learning Experience link, or copy an existing learning experience. Note: Add information about the resident-specific objective to the learning experience description.
3. Select the Educational Objectives tab.
4. Select the resident-specific curricular set.
5. Select the objective(s).
6. Click the Save button.
7. If prompted, choose whether to update existing evaluations.
8. Select the Learning Activities tab.
9. Click the Add New link to add activities aligned to the objectives.
10. Add the learning experience to the resident’s schedule.

Instructions for Updating or Removing Resident Specific Objectives

Update Objectives for Individual Residents

1. Return to the resident’s Competencies tab.
2. Click the Add/Edit Resident-Specific Objectives link
3. Select or un-select objectives and click the Save button.

Removing resident-specific objectives from my program

1. Go to each’s resident’s Competencies tab who are assigned the objective(s). Click “Add/Edit Resident-Specific Objectives” and de-select all the objectives.
2. Go to the Learning Experience and de-select the objectives. You will be asked to update the outstanding evaluations. You can skip this step if the evaluations were already submitted and the learning experience has ended. Finally, inactive the learning experience (can be viewed later by selecting “Show Inactive Learning Experiences.”)
3. Go to the Program Competencies tab and click the Remove link. This will remove them from the learning experience as well.

Related Articles

• Managing Competency Areas
• Viewing Program Information