Introduction The use of simulation in health professional education has increased rapidly
over the past 2 decades. While simulation has predominantly been used to train health …

Tests of clinical competence, which allow decisions to be made about medical qualification
and fitness to practise, must be designed with respect to key issues including blueprinting …

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was first described by Harden in
1975 as an alternative to the existing methods of assessing clinical performance (Harden et …

This fully revised and updated edition of Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge
recognizes that the future of economic well being in today's knowledge and information …

Problem-based learning is a way of constructing and teaching courses using problems as
the stimulus and focus for student activity. This edition looks at the topic in the light of …

Educational achievement testing is an area of turmoil in the health sciences. Examinations
are a constant source of problems for many teachers, curriculum designers and …

The assessment of students an activity central to the role of any professional in further and
higher education, and is an area that is the subject of constant innovation and debate. This …

Introduction We use a utility model to illustrate that, firstly, selecting an assessment method
involves context‐dependent compromises, and secondly, that assessment is not a …

In entering a new millennium, it is a good time for evaluators to critically appraise their
program evaluation approaches and decide which ones are most worthy of continued …

Background: There has been concern that trainees are seldom observed, assessed, and
given feedback during their workplace-based education. This has led to an increasing …