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Tracing Philosophical Shifts in Health Professions Assessment
Assessment of clinical competence continues to challenge the health professions, leading educators and researchers to seek new solutions to long existing and newly identified problems. Broadening definitions o...
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Open AccessRemote assessment via video evaluation (RAVVE): a pilot study to trial video-enabled peer feedback on clinical performance
Video review processes for evaluation and coaching are often incorporated into medical education as a means to accurately capture physician-patient interactions. Compared to direct observation they offer the a...
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Open AccessConstructing critical thinking in health professional education
Calls for enabling ‘critical thinking’ are ubiquitous in health professional education. However, there is little agreement in the literature or in practice as to what this term means and efforts to generate a ...
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Open AccessA randomised trial of the influence of racial stereotype bias on examiners’ scores, feedback and recollections in undergraduate clinical exams
Asian medical students and doctors receive lower scores on average than their white counterparts in examinations in the UK and internationally (a phenomenon known as “differential attainment”). This could be d...
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Seeing the same thing differently
Assessors’ scores in performance assessments are known to be highly variable. Attempted improvements through training or rating format have achieved minimal gains. The mechanisms that contribute to variability...
