Peer-reviewedCC BYAcademic pathology
Credibility: A metric for graduate medical education evaluation.
- 1Duke University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Durham, NC, USA.
Abstract
Credibility is the quality or power of inspiring belief. Credibility has an important role in science and medicine, including relations with the press; physician-industry relations; and, public trust, mistrust, and perception. Residency and fellowship program directors seek to best prepare trainees for postgraduate medical education careers, and nurturing credibility is one goal to strive for. Credibility is different from trust. Credibility is a subjective evaluation, in contrast to objective criteria evaluated in entrustable professional activities. The goal of this manuscript is to introduce consideration of credibility as a metric in Graduate Medical Education evaluations, and as a discussion topic during mentorship of trainees.
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BibTeX
@article{cummings2026credibility,
title = {{Credibility: A metric for graduate medical education evaluation.}},
author = {Thomas J Cummings},
journal = {Academic pathology},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.acpath.2026.100303},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42921381},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Credibility: A metric for graduate medical education evaluation.
AU - Thomas J Cummings
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
JO - Academic pathology
DO - 10.1016/j.acpath.2026.100303
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42921381
AB - Credibility is the quality or power of inspiring belief. Credibility has an important role in science and medicine, including relations with the press; physician-industry relations; and, public trust, mistrust, and perception. Residency and fellowship program directors seek to best prepare trainees for postgraduate medical education careers, and nurturing credibility is one goal to strive for. Credibility is different from trust. Credibility is a subjective evaluation, in contrast to objective criteria evaluated in entrustable professional activities. The goal of this manuscript is to introduce consideration of credibility as a metric in Graduate Medical Education evaluations, and as a discussion topic during mentorship of trainees.
SN - 2374-2895
ER -