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Gekara, Victor Oyaro; Bloor, Michael; Sampson, Helen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
Vocational education and training (VET) concerns the cultivation and development of specific skills and competencies, in addition to broad underpinning knowledge relating to paid employment. VET assessment is, therefore, designed to determine the extent to which a trainee has effectively acquired the knowledge, skills, and competencies required by…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Occupational Safety and Health, Computer Assisted Testing, Vocational Education
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Feldman, Moshe; Lazzara, Elizabeth H.; Vanderbilt, Allison A.; DiazGranados, Deborah – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Competency-based assessment and an emphasis on obtaining higher-level outcomes that reflect physicians' ability to demonstrate their skills has created a need for more advanced assessment practices. Simulation-based assessments provide medical education planners with tools to better evaluate the 6 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Physicians, Accuracy, High Stakes Tests
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Schuwirth, L.; Gorter, S.; Van der Heijde, D.; Rethans, J. J.; Brauer, J.; Houben, H.; Van der Linden, S.; Van der Vleuten, C.; Scherpbier, A. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
Introduction: For postgraduate training of doctors there is a need for valid and reliable instruments to assess their daily performance. Various instruments have been suggested, some of which use incognito simulated patients (SPs). These methods are resource intensive. Computerised Case-based testing (CCT) is logistically simpler and may still…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Performance Based Assessment, Testing, Predictive Validity