Assessment of Learning
As an educator in a medical university, you likely have an interest in evaluating students' learning progress. To assist you, we have compiled relevant papers and guidelines about conducting reliable and valid assessments within health professions education. Feel free to reach out to us with your insights and recommendations.
"The curriculum tells you what the faculty are doing. The examination system tells you what the students are doing."
(Boud, 1995)
Basic concepts in assessment of learning
Basic concepts
Assessing students' learning is crucial for educators, learners, accrediting bodies, and society.
Constructive alignment and assessment criteria
Assessment criteria and rubrics play a crucial role in achieving constructive alignment for teachers. By explicitly linking learning outcomes with assessment criteria, educators ensure that assessments accurately measure what students are expected to learn.
Legal and ethical aspects of assessment
Examination is a legal act as well! If you need to learn more about how to deal with legal and ethical challenges in this field, visit the links below.
Assessing competence in different domains
How to assess knowledge?
As a medical teacher, equipping your students with robust knowledge is paramount. But how do you truly gauge their understanding, application, and synthesis of this crucial information?
How to assess clinical skills?
Beyond written tests, medical education demands assessing students' practical abilities.
How to assess professionalism?
In the last decade, assessing professionalism in health professional education has become increasingly explicit. Regulatory and accreditation bodies now require that professionalism is both taught and assessed during training.
Tools that help you better assess
Digital tools available at KI for your summative assessment
Here you can find more information about organizing your written and oral examinations digitally and remotely
Digitalise formative assessments during the course
Here you can find available tools that help you detect students' learning gaps.
AI and assessment
Here you can read more about generative AI and assessment
Examination service (In Swedish)
If you’re seeking details about administrative processes and the Examination Service, please refer to the provided links. These resources cover technical and legal aspects, and the original content is in Swedish for greater precision.
More advanced topics
Programmatic assessment
Programmatic assessment should be a comprehensive approach to crafting an assessment program, aiming to enhance its roles in facilitating learning, making informed decisions, and ensuring the quality of the curriculum.
Equitable and inclusive assessment
How to make our assessments fair and inclusive so that all students have an equal opportunity to succeed?
Related courses at KI, KTH and SU
Post exam analysis
As a medical teacher, setting standards in student assessment is crucial. Ensure fairness and validity by considering various factors like difficulty level and student performance trends.