Assessment in Health Professions Education

2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-315-16690-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 655 g

Assessment in Health Professions Education, second edition, provides a comprehensive guide for educators in the health professions—medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health fields. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated by leaders in the field. Part I of the book presents an introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings from the perspective of the health professions. Part II covers specific assessment methods, with a focus on validity, best practices, challenges, and practical guidelines for the effective implementation of successful assessment programs. Part III addresses special topics and recent innovative approaches, including narrative assessment, situational judgment tests, programmatic assessment, mastery learning settings, and the key features approach. This accessible text addresses the essential concepts for the health professions educator and provides the background needed to understand, interpret, develop, and effectively implement assessment methods.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yudkowsky, Rachel

Park, Yoon Soo

Downing, Steven M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Prüfungen und Beurteilungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Fundamentals of Assessment 1. Introduction to Assessment in the Health Professions 2. Validity and Its Threats 3. Reliability 4. Generalizability Theory 5. Statistics of Testing 6. Standard Setting Part 2: Assessment Methods 7. Written Tests 8. Oral Examinations 9. Performance Tests 10. Workplace-Based Assessment 11. Narrative assessment 12. Assessment Portfolios Part 3: Special topics 13. Key Features Approach 14. Simulations in Assessment 15. Situational Judgment Tests 16. Programmatic Assessment 17. Assessment Affecting Learning 18. Assessment in Mastery Learning Settings 19. Item Response Theory 20. Engaging with your Statistician

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel Yudkowsky is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Medical Education in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, and past Director of the UIC Dr. Allan L. and Mary L. Graham Clinical Performance Center.

Yoon Soo Park is Associate Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Medical Education, and Director of Research for Educational Affairs in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

Steven M. Downing is Associate Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Medical Education in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.