Assuring the quality of programmatic assessment: Moving beyond psychometrics
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Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - November 8, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Aiming for agency and authenticity in assessment
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Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - November 8, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
East meets West: Shadow coaching to support online reflective practice
ConclusionsOur project describes a novel tool using shadow coaching for faculty development for a cross-cultural partnership. Similar approaches can be utilized for culturally-sensitive long-distance faculty development. (Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - October 25, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
A critical perspective on the modified personal interview
AbstractMedical school interviews are critical for screening candidates for admission. Traditionally, the panel format is used for this process, although its drastically low reliabilities sparked the creation of the highly reliable multiple mini-interview (MMI). However, the multiple mini-interview ’s feasibility issues made it unappealing to some institutions, like the University of Toronto, who created the modified personal interview (MPI) as a more feasible alternative. The lack of literature about the MPI, however, prevents the medical community from determining whether this interview f ormat achieves this goal. The...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - October 23, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Analysis of question text properties for equality monitoring
ConclusionsGiven the monitoring of demographic differences in assessment for assurance of equality, the ability to easily include textual analysis of question vignettes provides a useful tool for exploring possible causes of demographic variations in performance where they occur. It also provides another means of evaluating assessment quality and fairness with respect to demographic characteristics. Microsoft Word provides data comparable to the specialized koRpus package, suggesting routine use of word processing software for writing items and assessing their properties is viable with minimal burden, but that automation...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - October 23, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
The reflective zombie: Problematizing the conceptual framework of reflection in medical education
AbstractReflection is an ambiguous and profoundly complex human activity. We celebrate the developments in teaching and researching reflection in education, yet have identified flaws in the way reflection has been operationalized: medical education has translated the age-old concept into a teachable and measureable construct. We fear that in this process of operationalization, the philosophical underpinnings of reflection have been discarded. We illustrate this with a thought experiment about a ‘reflective zombie’: students who have been conditioned to follow prescribed though t steps rather than engaging in truly ...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - October 23, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
How clinicians integrate humanism in their clinical workplace —‘Just trying to put myself in their human being shoes’
ConclusionsWhereas previous descriptions of humanism have focused on clinicians ’ personal qualities, our research describes a number of attitudinal and behavioural foundations of humanistic care and teaching, grounded in the experiences of clinical faculty. In drawing attention to the holistic and relational elements of humanism, our work highlights how these foundational e lements can be more explicitly integrated into patient care, workplace culture, and clinical education. (Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - October 8, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Lessons learned from a student-driven initiative to design and implement an Organ and Tissue Donation course across Canadian medical schools
AbstractThe competencies required of the well-trained physician are constantly evolving, and medical education must adapt accordingly. In response, a growing number of influential medical education licensing and accreditation bodies have proposed frameworks that outline society’s expectations of physician competencies. In Canada, undergraduate and graduate curricula have undergone major changes to meet the specifications of the CanMEDS framew ork, and similar efforts are underway internationally. Nonetheless, ensuring the values enshrined within such frameworks become integral to a physician’s identity remains chall...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - October 1, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Examining the readiness of best evidence in medical education guides for integration into educational practice: A meta-synthesis
DiscussionFor a subset of HPE knowledge syntheses, BEME Guides, this meta-synthesis identifies factors that support readiness and indicates potential areas of improvement, such as consistent access to Guides and inclusion of external subject matter experts on the review team. This analysis is useful for understan ding the current readiness of HPE knowledge syntheses and informing future reviews to evolve so they can catalyze translation of evidence into educational practice. (Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - September 18, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Passion projects and disorienting dilemmas
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Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - September 14, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Preprints: Facilitating early discovery, access, and feedback
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Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - September 14, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Passion projects and disorienting dilemmas
(Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - September 14, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Preprints: Facilitating early discovery, access, and feedback
(Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - September 14, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
