As an attending physician working with a student for a week, you receive a form that asks you to evaluate the student's fund of knowledge, procedural skills, professionalism, interest in learning, and ...

Below are some examples of direct assessment techniques. Capstone Course Evaluation Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program.

Formative coursework does not count towards your final degree. Instead it allows you to get informal feedback from your course teachers, which will help you develop your analytical and writing skills ...

Musculoskeletal problems are very common, and clinical assessment is central to their appropriate management; however, many clinicians are not sufficiently competent to carry out this assessment. A ...

You can self-certify your absence from in-person and online exams, practical and oral examinations, and multiple-choice question (MCQ) tests that take place on a single day. You cannot self-certify ...

Timed written examinations continue to dominate university assessment. In most professions, the need to recall and write down specific information from memory under timed conditions is rare. Yet every ...

Every era has its social markers and expectations. For Generation X, the ideal leader was a commander and learning styles were formal. For today’s students, learning styles are interactive and ...

Teaching Matters/Breda O'Brien: You knew the honeymoon was ending for Mary Hanafin when a parents' representative pointed out… Teaching Matters/Breda O'Brien: You knew the honeymoon was ending for ...