TERMINOLOGY: RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
- Colorado State University Writing Guide
- Cooperative Assessment Project: University of Colorado system: Definitions of assessment
- Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- Statistical Methods: Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
- Athabasca University: Internal Validity Tutorial
ASSESSMENT TOOLS: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
- ACGME: The Toolbox of Assessment methods
- ACGME Outcome Project: selecting assessment methods
- Norcini JJ. Setting standards on educational tests. Med Educ 2003; 37 (5): 464-9
- Norcini JJ. The Past and Future of Assessment in Medical Education
- ACGME References on Assessment
- van der Vleuten C. Validity of final examinations in undergraduate medical training. BMJ 2000; 321: 1217-19
ORAL EXAMINATION
- Wakeford R, Southgate L , Wass V. Improving oral examinations: selecting, training and monitoring examiners for the MRCGP. BMJ 1995; 311: 931-35
- Evans LR, Ingersoll RW, Smith EJ. The reliability, validity, and taxonomic structure of the oral examination. J Med Educ 1966; 41: 651-7
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
- NBME Item Writing Guide, 3rd edition
- Construction of Objective Tests Manual: Cornell University
- Downing SM.The effects of violating standard item writing principles on tests and students: the consequences of using flawed test items on achievement examinations in medical education. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2005; 10 (2): 133-43
- UK Centre for Legal Education: Assessing by MCQ tests
CLINICAL CASE
- Norcini JJ. The death of the long case. BMJ 2002; 324: 408-9
- Norman G. The long case vs OSCE. BMJ 2002; 324: 748-49
OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL/ PRACTICAL EXAMINATION (OSCE/ OSPE)
- How to do it: Set up and run an objective structured clinical examination
- Harden RM, Gleesen FA. Assessment of clinical competence using OSCE. Med Educ 1979; 13 (1): 49-54
MINI-CEX
- Norcini JJ, Blank LL, Duffy FD, Fortna GS. The Mini-CEX: A method for assessing clinical skills. Ann Intern Med 2003; 138 (6): 476-81
- Norcini JJ, Blank LL, Arnold GK, Kimball HR. The Mini-CEX (Clinical Evaluation Exercise): A preliminary investigation. Ann Intern Med 1995; 123: 795-99
WRITTEN ASSESSMENT
PORTFOLIOS
- Davies H, Khera N, Stroobant J. Portfolios, appraisal, revalidation and all that: A user's guide for consultants. Arch Dis Childhood 2005; 90: 165-70
- AMEE Medical Guide no 11 (revised): Portfolio based learning and assessment in medical education
- Bansal P. Portfolios in learning and assessment
WORK BASED ASSESSMENT
- Norcini JJ. Work based assessment. BMJ 2003; 326: 753-55
- Davies H. Work based assessment BMJ Career Focus 2005; 338: 88-89
SKILL BASED ASSESSMENT
SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLS