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GMS Journal for Medical Education

Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)

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Developing an Assessment Plan to Measure Learning

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GMS Z Med Ausbild 2007;24(3):Doc140

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.egms.de/en/journals/zma/2007-24/zma000434.shtml

Received: May 31, 2007
Published: August 15, 2007

© 2007 Fulton et al.
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In this workshop we will review the three steps in the assessment process as described in our presentation:

1.
Define learning outcomes for each program and course,
2.
Measure how well these outcomes are being achieved using independent and objective means of assessment, and
3.
Use the feedback from the assessment step to continually improve the effectiveness of programs.

We will then take as a case study a typical medical program and develop a rudimentary assessment plan that includes learning outcomes for the program and for selected courses in it, assessment tools for measuring student learning, and a feedback mechanism to make sure that the results of the assessment step are used to continually improve the program design.