How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals - Softcover

Davis, Mike; McKimm, Judy; Forrest, Kirsty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144433056X ISBN 13: 9781444330564

Verlag: BMJ Books, 2013

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This important book offers an introduction to the theory and the varying types of assessment for health care professionals. The book includes information on such topics as Where have work based assessments come from?; Why do we have different parts to the same exam like MCQs and OSCEs?; How do colleges decide who has passed or not?; Why can people pick their own assessors for their MSF?; The role of formative assessment Portfolios and their value. The book avoids jargon, is clear and succinct, and gives the pros and cons of the different assessment processes.

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Mike Davis, Consultant in Continuing Medical Education, Blackpool, UK

Kirsty Forrest, Clinical Education Advisor, Yorkshire and Humber Deanery, Research and Evaluation Study Skills (RESS formally SSC) Co-Chair, University of Leeds, Consultant Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds, UK

Judy McKimm, Dean and Professor of Medical Education, Swansea University, Swansea, UK

 

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How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals provides a useful guide to the theory and practice of the varying types of assessment for health professionals. It discusses the purpose and key principles of assessment and explores specific topics such as e-learning, portfolio assessments and revalidation. The expert authors evaluate the pros and cons of different assessment types and explain how these can be best combined in a coherent education programme.

Contents include:

• Principles of assessment
• E-assessment
• Feedback
• Portfolios
• Revalidation
• Programmatic assessment

Clear, succinct, and avoiding jargon, How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals is an invaluable guide for anyone involved in healthcare assessment, from students and novice assessors to experienced teachers needing an overview of recent developments and initiatives.

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How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals provides a useful guide to the theory and practice of the varying types of assessment for health professionals. It discusses the purpose and key principles of assessment and explores specific topics such as e-learning, portfolio assessments and revalidation. The expert authors evaluate the pros and cons of different assessment types and explain how these can be best combined in a coherent education programme.

 Contents include:

• Principles of assessment
• E-assessment
• Feedback
• Portfolios
• Revalidation
• Programmatic assessment

Clear, succinct, and avoiding jargon, How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals is an invaluable guide for anyone involved in healthcare assessment, from students and novice assessors to experienced teachers needing an overview of recent developments and initiatives.

 

Titles of Related Interest

How to Teach Continuing Medical Education
Mike Davis and Kirsty Forrest
9781405153980

ABC of Clinical Leadership
Tim Swanwick and Judy McKimm
9781405198172

Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice
Tim Swanwick
9781405196802

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BMJ Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 144433056X
• ISBN 13: 9781444330564
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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