MBCHB Assessment Working Party: readings for discussion

Coordinator: Barbara O'Connor

Readings:

Norcini JJ. Setting standards on educational tests. Med Educ. 2003;37:464-469
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Epstein RM. Assessment in medical education. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:387-
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Hill F, Kendall K, Galbraith K, Crossley J. Implementing the undergraduate mini-CEX: a tailored approach at Southampton University. Med Educ. 2009;43:326-334
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Charlin B, Brailovsky C, Roy L, Goulet F, van der Vleuten C. The script concordance test: a tool to assess the reflective clinician. Teach Learn Med. 2000;12(4):189-195
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National Board of Medical Examiners (US). Constructing written test questions for the basic and clinical sciences. 3rd rev ed. [monograph on the internet]. Philadelphia: National Board of Medical Examiners; 2002 [cited 14 September 2010] 181p. Available from http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/documents/nbme_iwgindex.pdf
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Progress testing. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):whole issue.
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Finucane P, Flannery D, Keane D, Norman G. Cross-institutional progress testing: feasibility and
value to a new medical school. Med Educ. 2010;44:184-186.
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Freeman A, van der Vleuten C, Nouns Z, Ricketts C. Progress teaching internationally. Med Teach. 2010;32(6);451-455.
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Freeman AC, Ricketts C. Choosing and designing knowledge assessments: experience at a new medical school. Med Teach. 2010;32(7):578-581.
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Mckimm J, Wilkinson T, Poole P, Bagg W. The current state of undergraduate medical education in New Zealand. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):456-460.
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Aarts R, Steidel K, Manuel BAF, Driessen EW. Progress testing in resource-poor countries : a case from Mozambique. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):461-463.
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Freeman A, Nicholls A, Ricketts C, Coombes L. Can we share questions? Performance of questions from different question banks in a single medical school. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):464-466.
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Nouns ZM, Georg W. Progress testing in German speaking countries. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):467-470.
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Ricketts C, Bligh J. Developing a "frequent look and rapid remediation" assessment system for a new medical school. Acad Med. 2011;86(1):67-71
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Schauber S, Nouns ZM. Using the cumulative deviation method for cross-institutional benchmarking in the Berlin progress test. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):471-475.
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Schuwirth L, Bosman G, Henning RH, Rinkel R, Chow JWM, et al. Collaboration on progress testing in medical schools in the Netherlands. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):476-479.
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Swanson DB, Holtzman KZ, Butler A, Langer MM, Nelson MV, Chow JMW, et al. Collaboration across the pond : the multi-school progress testing project. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):480-485.
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Coombes L, Ricketts C, Freeman A, Stratford J. Beyond assessment : feedback for individuals and institutions based on the progress test. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):486-490.
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Muijtjens AMM, Timmermans I, Donkers J, Peperkamp R, Medema H, Cohen-Schotanua J, et al. Flexible electronic feedback using the virtues of progress testing. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):491-495.
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Norman G, Neville A, Blake JM, Mueller B. Assessment steers learning down the right road : impact of progress testing on licensing examination performance. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):496-499.
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Bennett J, Freeman A, Coombes L, Kay L, Ricketts C. Adaptation of medical progress testing to a dental setting. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):500-502.
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De Champlain AF, Cuddy MM, Scoles PV, Brown M, Swanson DB,Holtzman K, et al. Progress testing in clinical science education : results of a pilot project between the National Board of Medical Examiners and a US Medical School. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):503-508.
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Langer MM, Swanson DB. Practical considerations in equating progress tests. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):509-512.
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Ricketts C, Freeman, A Pagliuca G, Coombes, L, Archer J. Difficult decisions for progress testing : how much and how often? Med Teach. 2010;32(6):513-515.
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Swanson DB, Holtzman KZ, Butler A. Cumulative achievement testing : progress testing in reverse. Med Teach. 2010;32(6):516-520.
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van der Vleuten CP, Verwijnen GM. Fifteen years of experience with progress testing in a problem-based learning curriculum. Med Teach. 1996;18(2):103-9.
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Durning SJ, Artino A, Boulet J, van der Vleuten CPM, La Rochelle J, Arzel B, Schuwirth L. Making use of contrasting participant views of the same encounter. Med Educ. 2010: 44: 953–961.
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Contact: Megan Clark
Updated: 10-Mar-2011