Assessment in Health Professions Education

Presents assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings of the health professions, ie, persons engaged in teaching, research, administration, and/or testing of students and professionals in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and other allied health fields. This title covers specific assessment methods used in health professions.

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Assessment in Health Professions Education provides comprehensive guidance for persons engaged in the teaching and testing of the health professions – medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and allied fields.   Part I of the book provides a user-friendly introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings; Part II describes specific assessment methods used in the health professions, with a focus on best practices, assessment challenges, and practical guidelines for the effective implementation of successful assessment programs.
 
Key features:








Comprehensive – the first text to provide broad, single-source coverage of all aspects of assessment in the health professions.







Accessible – while scholarly and evidence-based, the book is geared towards health professions educators who are not measurement specialists.







Thematic – assessment validity is an organizing theme and provides a conceptual framework throughout the book.