BLUE PRINT IN MEDICALEDUCATION

1. BLUE PRINT
MEU
AIMSR

2. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session the participants will be able to
understand
 What is a blue print ?
 Need for having a blue print in their speciality
 Steps to prepare a blue print?
 How to design a blue print ?

3. PROBLEM SOLUTION

4. Blue Print Is From
Domain Of Architecture
Which Means Detailed
Plan Of Action

5. WHAT???
 A map and Table of Specification
 A grid of contents,Domains and tools of assessment
 Indicates the marks carried by each question
 Blue print deals with the sampling content ,competencies
and tools for the assessment in a rational and balanced
manner

6.  Helps teachers in designing the instructions as per the
guidelines
 To reduce two major threats
Construct Under –Representation
Construct Irrelevance Variance
WHY ???

7. HOW???

8. STEP 1
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF
ASSESSMENT
Undergraduate/postgraduate
Formative/summative
 Domains:knowledge/skills/attit
ude
 Pattern of questions-millers
pyramid
 Knr university exam pattern
and marks distribution

9. STEP 2
ASSIGNING
WEIGHTAGE
 Decide on the weightage
given to content,domains of
learning and methods of
assessment
 Weightage is decided on
two factors
1.Perceived
impact/importance of to[pc on
terms of health
2.Frequency of occurence
of a particular disease or health
problem
 Weights assigned to Topic
and domains

10. Assigning Weights( Content)
Impact Frequency

11. Topic Impact Frequency Weight(IXF)
Renal 1 2 2
Respiratory 2 2 4
CVS 3 3 9

12. Assigning Weights(Domain)

13. Assigning weights(Tools)

14. STEP 3
Total weightage and no.of
items
 TOTAL WEIGHTAGE= IMPACT(I) X FREQUENCY(F)
SUM OF PRODUCTS OF I AND F
 MAXIMUM 100 ITEMS

15. Total weightage…..

16. Total Weightage…..

17. STEP 4
TABLE OF
SPECIFICATION
EXAMPLE
TOTAL MARKS-60
THEORY-(42 MARKS)
PRACTICAL- (OSCE) 18
MARKS

23. STEP 5
PREPARE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS

24. Advantages of blue print
 Assessments made clear and transparent
 Specific weightage for various domains and competencies
 Reduction in validity threats
 Setting question paper as per norms and guidelines

25. To Summarize……
 Blueprint is a map and specification for an assessment
programme
 It helps teachers in designing the instruction as per the
guidelines
 It guides the teachers in setting a question paper
 It makes assessment ‘fair’ to the students as they can have a
clear idea of what is being examined and can direct their
learning efforts in that direction
 Blueprint should be an integral part of assessment.

26. References
 https://youtu.be/beR21rvWcjU
 https://youtu.be/18C-FHM_oCk
 Patil SY, Gosavi M, Bannur HB, Ratnakar A. Blueprinting in
assessment: A tool to increase the validity of undergraduate
written examinations in pathology. Int J Appl Basic Med Res.
2015 Aug;5(Suppl 1)
 Kaur M, Kurmi N, Chauhan S, Singhal A, Sharma S,
Chaudhary S. Blueprinting for assessment in undergraduate
medical physiology curriculum. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
2021;65(1):60-5.