Assessment in health professions education

• Other Authors: Downing, Steven M., Yudkowsky, Rachel.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine > Study and teaching.; Educational tests and measurements.; Health Occupations > education.; Educational Measurement > methods.; MEDICAL > Education & Training.; Electronic books.
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Assessment in Health Professions Education is the first comprehensive text for health professions - people in teaching, research, administration, student testing and professionals in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and other health fields.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to assessment in the health professions / Steven M. Downing and Rachel Yudkowsky
• Validity and its threats / Steven M. Downing and Thomas M. Haladyna
• Reliability / Rick D. Alexson and Clarence D. Kreiter
• Generalizability theory / Clarence D. Kreiter
• Statistics of testing / Steven M. Downing
• Standard setting / Rachel Yudkowsky, Steven M. Downing, and Ara Tekian
• Written tests : constructed-response and selected-response formats / Steven M. Downing
• Observational assessment / William C. McGahie, John Butter, and Marsha Kaye
• Performance tests / Rachel Yudkowsky
• Simulations in assessment / William C. McGahie and S. Barry Issenberg
• Oral examinations / Ara Tekian and Rachel Yudkowsky
• Assessment portfolios / Ara Tekian and Rachel Yudkowsky.