Introducing the Next Era in Assessment
Alina Smirnova1, Michael A Barone2, Sondra Zabar3
1Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.
Perspectives on Medical Education
|January 13, 2025
Summary
The next era of medical education assessment will prioritize patient well-being and societal health, supporting lifelong learner development. Key areas include trust, technology, data, and validity, all crucial for competency-based medical education (CBME).
Area of Science:
- Medical Education Assessment
- Societal Health
- Learner Development
Background:
- Envisions a future medical education assessment paradigm focused on patient outcomes and societal health.
- Highlights the need for assessment to be transformational, development-oriented, and socially accountable.
- Based on ideas from a summit of leaders, scholars, and professionals in medical education.
Discussion:
- Addresses critical elements for a successful next era: accountability, trust, power dynamics in assessment.
- Explores implementation, contextualization of assessment systems, and optimizing technology use.
- Discusses infrastructure for data sharing/storage and developing a vocabulary for new assessment data sources.
Key Insights:
- Reconceptualizes assessment validity around patient care and learner equity.
- Emphasizes authentic assessment systems responsive to learner and societal needs.
- Integrates competency-based medical education (CBME) with data science and AI.
Outlook:
- Provides a roadmap for leaders to create next-generation assessment systems.
- Aims to leverage technology and data science for improved medical education.
- Fosters a future where assessment directly serves patients and public health.
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