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Area of Science:

  • Health professions education and assessment
  • Medical and veterinary training evaluation

Background:

  • Historical development of health sciences assessment instruments.
  • Focus on workplace-based assessment tools for professional skills.
  • Current use primarily in graduate medical training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review key workplace-based assessment instruments: mini clinical evaluation exercise (mCEX), direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS), and multi-source feedback (MSF).
  • To discuss the applicability of these instruments in veterinary undergraduate education.
  • To examine the challenges and feasibility of implementing these assessment tools.

Main Methods:

  • Historical overview and detailed review of three specific assessment instruments.
  • Analysis of common features: authenticity, professional skills assessment, feedback provision.
  • Discussion of potential expansion into veterinary undergraduate assessment.

Main Results:

  • mCEX, DOPS, and MSF are authentic tools for assessing professional skills and providing feedback.
  • These instruments show potential for veterinary undergraduate assessment.
  • Significant challenges exist regarding time, cost, and the need for trained assessors.

Conclusions:

  • Workplace-based assessment instruments are valuable but face implementation hurdles.
  • The assessment of health professional competence should utilize multiple complementary instruments.
  • Continued innovation in assessment is necessary to find the most effective tools.