Assessment methods in medical education have evolved substantially over recent decades, incorporating a variety of tools designed to evaluate both basic recall and higher order cognitive skills.

Peer review of academic programs is a widely accepted method for assessing curricular sequences as well as course development and delivery. Using external reviewers is a useful way of analyzing ...

Before determining your assessment methods, you should identify the type and level of student learning you want to evaluate. Class size and discipline area, whether students will complete assessments ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

Most of the grading methods and practices referred to as “alternative” today fall under the umbrella term “ungrading.” Ungrading is the practice of wholly removing grades from all formative and ...

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 ...