Assessment in Health Professions Education

Assessment in the Health Professions happens in unique learning contexts. In many cases learning takes place in a clinical setting that includes learners at multiple levels as well as patients. Frequently the assessors are health care providers who have not been trained in educational theories and practices. These health care providers require training in assessment that matches the unique practices found in their disciplines and learning environments. Individuals that complete the Assessment in the Health Professions Education endorsement will gain knowledge of the theories and practices underpinning assessment in the health professions and be able to create an assessment plan suitable for their teaching context.

Learning Outcomes
  • Discuss the fundamentals of assessments that are common to the health professions.
  • Describe a variety of summative and formative assessment methods for measuring the knowledge, skills, and abilities of health professions learners.
  • Describe the influence of assessment on the professional identity formation of HPE learners.
  • Find literature and accreditation standards for their own programs.
  • Design assessments of learning that are inclusive and evidence-based.
Participation Requirements

Participants will complete four required modules, as well as three out of six elective modules.  Additionally, there will be 2-3 hours of developing products related to at least one session, for example, creating or identifying a rubric used in their own teaching context, or a MCQ instrument to assess clinical reasoning.

 

VERIFICATION OF CRITERIA

The final teaching endorsement application will require you to upload the following:

  • BuckeyeLearn transcript or certificates for each qualifying workshop you attended.
  • One project that has been developed as a result of a session attended.  This could be a MCQ assessment, rubric, simulation, assessment of professionalism, etc.  The Assessment in Health Professions Education teaching endorsement development team is comprised of educators in each of the health professions.  If you would like to discuss your project with an experienced educator from this team, please contact Larry Hurtubise at drakeinstitute@osu.edu. 

 

View instructions to access BuckeyeLearn certificates here (link is external).

Required Hours
6-10 hours
Timeline for Completion
1-2 academic years

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Program Elements

Title Delivery Method Hours Description
Introduction to assessment in health professions education
 Zoom 1.5

An overview of the Assesement in HPE endorsement and basic terminology.
Designing Rubrics in health professions education
 Zoom 1.0

The process for designing rubrics used in HPE.
Assessment across the pre-clinical to clinical practice spectrum I
 Zoom 1.0

Introduction to assessment in a clinical setting.
Assessment across the pre-clinical to clinical practice spectrum II
 Zoom 1.0

Formulating assessments for use in clinical settings.
Experiential Learning and Providing Feedback
 Zoom 1.0

Evidence-based strategies for providing feedback in a clinical setting.
Simulation-Overview
 In-person, Webinar 1.0

Attend an overview of simulation based assessment or tour the simulation center used in your discipline.  For information on how to arrange a tour, please contact Larry Hurtubise at drakeinstitute@osu.edu
Assessing attributes of a professional
 Zoom 1.0

Overview of strategies to assess the professional identity formation of professional students.
Clinical Reasoning Assessment
 Zoom 1.0

Overview of strategies for assessing clinical reasoning.
MCQ Item writing
 Zoom 1.0

Strategies for writing multiple-choice questions for use in HPE.
Assessing Interprofessional and Team Competence: Concepts, Methods, and Tools
 Zoom 1.0

Overview of the goals and processes of IPE.