Assessment in Education, especially Medical Education is very important part of Teaching and Learning... This Presentation is based on Understanding the Basics of Assessment in Medical Education.

1. Mr. Adeel Abbas
MB; MS; MRCS (Edinburgh); MRCS (Ireland)
Basics of Assessment

4. Prof. A. Majeed Ch Prof. Abdul Sattar Memon
Prof. Abul Fazal Ali Khan Prof. M. Amer Mian
My Teachers

8. • Measurement?
• Assessment?
• Evaluation?

9. Measurement..?
• Physical Term.
• Objectivity Of Learning.
• Results Represent Only Student Learning
– Nothing Else … !!!!!

10. • Measurement Does Not Capture The
Essence Of Educational Attainments.
• What Qualities We Want Our Students To
Develop Which Are Not Amenable To
Accurate Measurement?

11. 1. Health Care Provider.
2. Decision Maker.
3. Communicator.
4. Community Leader.
5. Manager.
6. Researcher.
7. Life Long Learner.

12. Assessment..?
• “Any Formal Or Intended Action To Obtain
Information About The Competence And
Performance Of A Student.”
Van der Vleuten and Schuwirth 2010

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14. Assessment
The act of judging or deciding the
amount, value, quality, or
importance of something, or the
judgment or decision that is made
Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary &
Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press

16. • In Assessment:
– Objectively Measure Some Aspects,
Subjectively Interpret Others Form A
Judgment.

17. • Evaluation?
To judge or calculate the
quality, importance,
amount, or value of
something
Cambridge Advanced Learners
Dictionary & Thesaurus ©
Cambridge University Press

18. Assessment
• Used In Context Of
Student Learning.
Evaluation
• Used In Context Of The
Educational Programs.

21. • Assessment Of Students Is A Very
Important Input To Judge The Value Of An
Educational Program.

22. • Test?
• Tool?
• Score?

23. • Why Do We Need to Assess Students?

24. • Pass Or Fail.
• Rank Ordering.
• Measuring Improvement.
• Providing Feedback To Students And
Teachers.
• Maintaining The Quality Of Educational
Programs

25. • Types of Assessment?

26. 1. Formative Assessment.
2. Summative Assessment.
3. Self Assessment.

27. Formative Assessment
• Primary Purpose Feedback.
• Brings Out Strength And Weakness Of Student.
• Should Happen As Often As Possible.
• Should Not Be Used For Final Certification.
• Need Not Be Graded..

28. Summative Assessment
• Testing At The End Of Unit/Semester/Course.
• Used For Certification And Registration
Purposes.
• Assessment Is Summative If Results Are Going
To Be Used To Make Educational Decisions.
• Tests That If Students Have Attained The
Objectives.

29. Self Assessment
• Student Chooses;
– What He Or She Believes Is Important To Assess.
– Selects How The Assessment Will Be Done.
– Uses The Results To Confirm Strengths And
Weakness.

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33. • Suggestions To Make Self-assessment
Effective;
i. Should Not Be Completely Self Selected.
ii. Should Be Directly Linked To Educational
Experiences.
iii. Results Should Be Periodically Validated.
• Galbraith et al 2008

35. • Qualities of a Good Assessment?

36. Qualities of Good Assessment
1. Validity.
2. Reliability.
3. Acceptability.
4. Consequences Of Assessment.
Van der Vleuten & Schuwirth (2005)

37. Validity
• Measuring What It Intend To Measure.
• Interpretation That We Make Out Of
Assessment Data.
• Does Not Refer To The Tool Or Result.

38. • Degree To Which A Test Measures What It
Purports (Apparently Appears) To Measure.
 Extent To Which Certain Inferences
Can Be Made From Test Scores,
Difficult To Quantitate, Qualitative
Measurement From Different Sources.

39. Content Validity..?

40. Does It Include (All) The Right Items?

41. Physiology Medicine

42. • How Can We Build A Validity?

43. • Assessment Should Match The Contents Of
The Course.
• Provide Proportional Weightage To Each Of
The Contents.
• Table Of Specification (TOS).
• Faculty Training.
• Screening of Items.

44. • Let The Student Know What Is Expected!!!
• Neither Too Difficult Nor Too Easy.
• Appropriate Wording To The Level Of
Students.

45. Reliability
• Reproducibility of the score.
• Getting the same result under the same
condition.
• Test – retest
• Equivalent form
• Scorer / rater

46. Reliability Degree To Which A Test Is
Consistent And Reproducible.
Measure Of How Stable, Dependable,
Trustworthy, And Consistent A Test Is In
Measuring The Same Thing Each Time.

47. • To Be Valid, A Test Has To Be Reliable.
• Reliability Is Precondition For Validity.

48. • Objective vs Subjective Assessment…

49. Objective Assessment
• Have one or more clearly
correct or incorrect
responses.
– MCQs.
Subjective Assessment
• Require judgments about
a response.
– SEQs.

54. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man
perfected without trials or problems or exams..!
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