Today’s post is from Jennifer Kogan, a thought leader on work-based assessment and direct observation instruments. Her original work on the frames of reference (FoR) of observers (e.g. faculty) demonstrated that an observer uses an […]
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Category: Competency-based medical education
Validity (ugh) & Assessing Learners: It’s more than psychometrics
By Jonathan Sherbino (@sherbino) In a previous post, I suggested that a key element in designing an assessment program is ensuring that a judgment about a learner’s global competence are valid. Ok, come back. Please. […]
CanMEDS 2015 and a Milestones Guide
By Jonathan Sherbino (@sherbino) Back in December 2013, I wrote about the planned updated to the CanMEDS 2015 Framework as we move towards a CBME model for resident training and specialty practice in Canada. The Royal College recently […]
Assessment in medical education: Finding the signal in the noise
This week at the ICENet blog, we’re trying something different. We’re connecting to the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) blog. With > 50k visits per month, ALiEM is a major (digital) connector/influencer in academic […]
Tech-enabled Direct Observation of Performance
Today’s guest post is from Deepak Dath a hepatobiliary surgeon and CE at McMaster University. – Jonathan (@sherbino) By Deepak Dath (@drddath) A hallmark of competency based medical education (CBME) is frequent, direct observation of performance. […]