This dissertation investigates the application of network models in educational assessment across diverse learning settings, encompassing both clinical and classroom environments. As educational paradigms shift and digital tools become more embedded in learning processes, traditional assessment methods often fall short in effectively capturing the…

Dietetics graduates have been argued to enter supervised professional practice, or a Dietetic Internship, with deficient clinical reasoning skills. Some researchers have suggested that one factor contributing to deficient clinical reasoning skills has been the fragmented course sequencing of a traditional dietetics curriculum, with multiple…

Priorities in medical education have increasingly emphasized teaching skills and fostering attitudes related to patient-centered care (Beckman & Frankel, 2003; Haidet & Paterniti, 2003). The challenge for academic medical centers is to implement these competencies into their curriculum and assess the outcomes. Using a qualitative single…