Assessment in Health Professions Education
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Rating | : | 4.26 (783 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0805861289 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-04-10 |
Language | : | English |
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Wonderful reference JO I first rented the ebook version of this book as a reference when writing my comprehensive exam. I then purchased the ebook when I found I couldn't apply the price I had already paid toward a paper copy. I have gone back to this reference so many times over the last couple of years as I wrote my dissertation, and then for presenta
Assessment in Health Professions Education provides comprehensive guidance for persons engaged in the teaching and testing of the health professions – medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and allied fields. Part I of the book provides a user-friendly introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings; Part II describes specific assessment methods used in the health professions, with a focus on best practices, assessment challenges, and practical guidelines for the effective implementation of successful assessment programs. Key features: Comprehensive – the first text to provide broad, single-source coverage of all aspects of assessment in the health professions. Thematic – assessment validity is an organizing theme and provides a conceptual framework throughout the book. . Accessible – while scholarly and evidence-based, the book is geared towards health professions educators who are not measurement specialists
About the Author University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA