Background Simulation plays a vital role in health professions assessment. This review
provides a primer on assessment validation for educators and education researchers. We …

Competency‐based assessment and an emphasis on obtaining higher‐level outcomes that
reflect physicians' ability to demonstrate their skills has created a need for more advanced …

In simulation-based health professions education, the concept of simulator fidelity is usually
understood as the degree to which a simulator looks, feels, and acts like a human patient …

Introduction In 2011, a consensus report was produced on technology-enhanced
assessment (TEA), its good practices, and future perspectives. Since then, technological …

Abstract The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic in 2020 has had a lasting
impact on all areas of personal life. However, the political, economic, legal and healthcare …

Background many articles published in the decade since promulgation of the Millennium
Development Goals have acknowledged the distinct advantages to maternal and newborn …

Background COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS novel coronavirus (SARS-nCoV-2),
is a pandemic that has spread to nearly every country around the world (WHO, 2020). The …

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous, significant challenges for
medical schools, including how to select the best candidates from a pool of applicants when …

Background Simulation is increasingly being used in postgraduate medical education as an
opportunity for competency assessment. However, there is limited direct evidence that …

Background Healthcare curricula need summative assessments relevant to and
representative of clinical situations to best select and train learners. Simulation provides …