Critical Appraisal of Assessment

Course Content
Assessment in the health professions is at a crossroads: ongoing and dramatic changes in health-care and education systems call for new ways of thinking about assessment practices. The focus in this online course will be on (new) messages from assessment research and how to translate insights to assessment (design), including programmatic assessment. We will push you to the limits of where we are in the field of assessment of professional competences at MSc+ level

Learning objectives, training objectives
Health Professions Education is a flourishing field in which a growing number of educators are holding a relevant master’s degree. Yet, the need for research-oriented and flexible courses at the post-master and PhD level is now rapidly increasing.

Target Audience
For learners interested in assessment research and the latest developments in the assessment domain with a MSc+ degree in health professions education or a PhD?

Typical postgraduate careers and job opportunities
These are exciting times to be involved in assessment research. In this course, we are going to take participants to the cutting edge of where research on assessment currently is.

Qualifications
Master degree in health professions education or in a relevant health domain.

Local Organizer
School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Notes
You will learn how to locate and retrieve essential literature and collaborate with your peers in assessing the quality of research approaches and journal articles. Get insights in modern assessment research practices and recent developments.

website: https://she.mumc.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research-assessment-professional-competence Email: she@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Ms. Danielle Vogt