Toward a Taxonomy of Self-Assessable Skills

Construction of a Physician Skills Inventory

“…Research on the assessment and development of transferable skills has been conducted in a broad variety of populations (Mayall & Maze, 1985) and with students in specific occupational groups, including physiotherapy (Jones, McIntyre, & Naylor, 2010), nursing (Birch et al, 2007; Stephens-Lloyd, 2004), community and health sciences (Mpofu & Imalingat, 2006), and vocational rehabilitation (Darling, Growick, & Kontosh, 2002; Saxon & Roberts, 1983). Its importance also has been stressed in many other areas of higher education (Greenan, Humphreys, & McIlveen, 1997) as well as with PhD researchers (Alpay & Walsh, 2008; Bromley, Boran, & Myddelton, 2007).…”

“…Recently research has been reported on the development of measures for assessing transferable skills among college students, many of which measure confidence in the ability to perform a number of skills (Alpay & Walsh, 2008; Bromley et al, 2007; Mayall & Maze, 1985; Mpofu & Imalingat, 2006; Whittle & Murdoch-Eaton, 2001). Results indicate that students generally feel confident in their skills, with some gender differences (Alpay & Walsh, 2008), and that transferable skills generally can be taught and improved.…”

Skills Assessment in Career Counseling: A Developmental Approach

“…The Eureka system is based on a taxonomy drawn from several approaches to skills assessment (Mayall & Maze, 1985). The ratings of an occupation's skill requirements were determined by subjecting five independent occupational analysts' ratings of the 5 essential, 10 strong but not essential, and 20 less important skills to a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) (Rater X Category).…”