Full Description
Assessment in Health Professions Education, 2nd 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.
Contents
Foreword
Georges Bordage
Preface
Rachel Yudkowsky, Yoon Soo Park, and Steven M Downing
Part 1: Fundamentals of Assessment
1. Introduction to Assessment in the Health Professions
Rachel Yudkowsky, Yoon Soo Park, and Steven M Downing
2. Validity and Its Threats
Matthew Lineberry
3. Reliability
Yoon Soo Park
4. Generalizability Theory
Clarence D. Kreiter, Nikki L. Bibler Zaidi and Yoon Soo Park
5. Statistics of Testing
Steven M Downing, Dorthea Juul, and Yoon Soo Park
6. Standard Setting
Rachel Yudkowsky, Steven M Downing, and Ara Tekian
Part 2: Assessment Methods
7. Written Tests
Miguel Paniagua, Kimberly A. Swygert, and Steven M. Downing
8. Oral Examinations
Dorthea Juul, Rachel Yudkowsky, and Ara Tekian
9. Performance Tests
Rachel Yudkowsky
10. Workplace-Based Assessment
Mary E McBride, Mark D Adler, and William C McGaghie
11. Narrative assessment
Nancy Dudek and David Cook
12. Assessment Portfolios
Daniel J Schumacher, Ara Tekian, and Rachel Yudkowsky
Part 3: Special topics
13. Key Features Approach
Georges Bordage and Gordon Page
14. Simulations in Assessment
Luke A Devine, William C McGaghie, and Barry Issenberg
15. Situational Judgment Tests
Harold Reiter and Christopher Roberts
16. Programmatic Assessment
Cees van der Vleuten, Sylvia Heeneman, and Suzanne Schut
17. Assessment Affecting Learning
Matthew Lineberry
18. Assessment in Mastery Learning Settings
Matthew Lineberry, et al.
19. Item Response Theory
Yoon Soo Park
20. Engaging with your Statistician
Alan Schwartz and Yoon Soo Park