Assessment in Health Professions Education

Description

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. Dedications Contents List of Figures Foreword • Georges Bordage Preface PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF ASSESSMENT 1 Introduction to Assessment in the Health Professions • Rachel Yudkowsky, Yoon Soo Park, and Steven M. Downing 2 Validity and Quality • Matthew Lineberry 3 Reliability • Yoon Soo Park 4 Generalizability Theory • Clarence D. Kreiter, Nikki L. 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 II: ASSESSMENT METHODS 7 Written Tests: Writing High-Quality Constructed-Response and Selected-Response Items • 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 III: 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 I. Reiter and Christopher Roberts 16 Programmatic Assessment: An Avenue to a Different Assessment Culture • Cees van der Vleuten, Sylvia Heeneman, and Suzanne Schut 17 Assessment Affecting Learning • Matthew Lineberry 18 Assessment in Mastery Learning Settings • Matthew Lineberry, Rachel Yudkowsky, Yoon Soo Park, David Cook, E. Matthew Ritter, and Aaron Knox 19 Item Response Theory • Yoon Soo Park 20 Engaging With Your Statistician • Alan Schwartz and Yoon Soo Park List of Contributors Index