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Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills

Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills

Published on: April 23, 2014

A Delphi study to construct a CanMEDS competence based inventory applicable for workplace assessment.

Nele R M Michels¹, Joke Denekens, Erik W Driessen

¹Skills Lab, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Antwerp 2610, Belgium. nele.michels@ua.ac.be

BMC Medical Education

|September 15, 2012

Summary

A Delphi study refined the CanMEDS Roles Framework into concrete learning outcomes. This created a validated competence inventory for assessing workplace-based learning and performance.

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Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills

Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills

Published on: April 23, 2014

Area of Science:

Medical Education
Professional Competence Assessment

Background:

Workplace-based learning is crucial for developing professional competences and performance.
High-quality assessment tools are essential for evaluating learning and performance in the workplace.
Existing assessment tools require validation to ensure their effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

To construct a competence inventory.
To measure the content validity of workplace-based assessment tools.
To enhance the evaluation of student performance in learning environments.

Main Methods:

A Delphi study involving 25-30 experts was conducted.
Experts scored the relevance of key competences per CanMEDS role using a 6-point Likert scale.
Expert feedback was used to refine competence descriptions for assessment suitability.

Main Results:

All competences were rated as relevant by experts.
Significant feedback indicated a need for more concrete and applicable competence descriptions.
The CanMEDS roles were reformulated into observable learning outcomes suitable for workplace assessment.

Conclusions:

A competence-based inventory was successfully developed.
The inventory is based on a clarified and concretized version of the CanMEDS roles.
This tool is ready for validating workplace-based assessment instruments.