The aim of this document is to provide guidance on designing and implementing workplace based assessments (WPBAs). WPBA is an essential part of an assessment system, alongside traditional
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The Research and Development Resource Base (RDRB) is a bibliographic database of literature with over 22,000 citations for 3 distinct yet inter-related fields:
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MedEdWorld - launched by AMEE in 2009-is an international health professions community of individuals and educational organisations whose purpose is the sharing of information, ideas,
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Organize OSCEs effectively and efficiently
The OSCE Manager is a web application that helps you organize OSCEs or Objective Structured Clinical Examinations as they are conducted in
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This manual was written to help faculty members improve the quality of the multiple-choice questions written for their examinations. The manual provides an overview of item formats, concentrating on
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Providing medical students with an abundance of free e-learning stations to help study for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Each station is handwritten and vetted by medical
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Aims and Scope
Advances in Health Sciences Education is a forum for scholarly and state-of-the art research into all aspects of health sciences education. It will publish empirical
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Academic Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The journal serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and
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This module outlines the theoretical principles underlying the development of modern structured assessments of clinical competence and describes some practical aspects of designing and implementing
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OSCE home is designed by a group of medical students, residents, and graduate physicians around the world who took and passed several OSCEs during their medical schools and residencies in addition to
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The aim of this website is to distribute learning modules and associated material to assist workplace-based assessment providers standardise delivery of the program.
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Not reading the instructions carefully
Read the task as well as the patient problem. The verbs in the instructions matter, as do the limits stated in the questions. For example:
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MedEdPORTAL , an open-access publication covering health professions education, is provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges in partnership with the American Dental Education
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This module outlines some principles of assessment and considers recent advances that have led to the implementation of workplace-based assessment. It defines some of the principles underpinning the
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IAMSE is a nonprofit professional development society organized and directed by health professions educators whose goals include promoting excellence and innovation in teaching, student
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We are a worldwide organisation with members in over 90 countries across five continents. Our community is made up of individuals and organisations from a diverse range of backgrounds that span the
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