Objectives: To compare the work performance of 2004-2013 Prince of Songkla University (PSU) pediatric residency
training graduates as evaluated by their workplace directors and the graduates self-evaluation.
Material and Method: All 78 pediatric graduates from PSU 2004-2013 were located: 52 (66.7%) were in the public
sector and 26 (33.3%) in the private sector. Ten-item performance evaluation questionnaires were sent to both the
graduates and their workplace directors. A rubric scale was used for rating each item from 1 to 10 (1=very poor, 10=
excellent). The workplace director was asked to give an open answer for one “outstanding performance” item of the graduates and suggest one “performance that should be improved” item.
Results: Forty-five directors (57.7%) and 63 graduates (80.8%) returned their questionnaires. The workplace directors rated the PSU graduates more favorably than the graduates’ self-evaluations in 8 of the 10 items, but without significant differences. The average overall scores for professional performance by both the directors and the graduates were over 8.00, with the highest ratings in ethics/morals in medical care (directors 9.11±0.88 and graduates 9.01±0.92), and the lowest ratings for “concerns in health economics” (directors 8.37±0.93 and graduates 8.04±0.97).
Conclusion: Most of our pediatric graduates have achieved career success as most of them were rated by their
directors as showing very good performance in their workplaces. The workplace directors tended to rate the PSU
graduates slightly more favorably than the graduates’ own self-evaluations.