TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing competence in veterinary medical education
T2 - where's the evidence?
AU - Rhind, Susan M
AU - Baillie, Sarah
AU - Brown, Fiona
AU - Hammick, Marilyn
AU - Dozier, Marshall
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A systematic review of the literature was carried out to determine the evidence for the reliability and validity of the assessment methods used in veterinary medical education. The review followed the approach used by the Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) group. This process has established baseline data on published evidence and found that a relatively small number of articles exist relating to assessment specific to veterinary medical education. These articles include a number of general discussion papers, employer observations on graduate competence, and descriptions of methods to assess particular attributes--in particular, clinical skills. However, only five of the papers retrieved in this comprehensive search provide evidence relating to evaluation of the assessment method itself. There is a need for more research on assessment of clinical competence in veterinary medical education.
AB - A systematic review of the literature was carried out to determine the evidence for the reliability and validity of the assessment methods used in veterinary medical education. The review followed the approach used by the Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) group. This process has established baseline data on published evidence and found that a relatively small number of articles exist relating to assessment specific to veterinary medical education. These articles include a number of general discussion papers, employer observations on graduate competence, and descriptions of methods to assess particular attributes--in particular, clinical skills. However, only five of the papers retrieved in this comprehensive search provide evidence relating to evaluation of the assessment method itself. There is a need for more research on assessment of clinical competence in veterinary medical education.
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U2 - 10.3138/jvme.35.3.407
DO - 10.3138/jvme.35.3.407
M3 - Article
C2 - 19066358
SN - 0748-321X
VL - 35
SP - 407
EP - 411
JO - Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
JF - Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
IS - 3
ER -