Health professions education has undergone significant changes over the last few decades,
including the rise of competency-based medical education, a shift to authentic workplace …

Introduction Optimising the use of subjective human judgement in assessment requires
understanding what makes judgement fair. Whilst fairness cannot be simplistically defined …

Human judgement is widely used in workplace-based assessment despite criticism that it
does not meet standards of objectivity. There is an ongoing push within the literature to …

Objective To survey medical students' views about the purposes and fairness of assessment
procedures. Method The survey used a 19‐item questionnaire designed for self‐completion …

Methods: Sixteen assessment leaders from 15 medical schools in Australia and New
Zealand participated in online focus groups. Data collection and analysis occurred …

Assessing learners is foundational to their training and developmental growth throughout
the medical education continuum. However, growing evidence shows the prevalence and …

The way quality of assessment has been perceived and assured has changed considerably
in the recent 5 decades. Originally, assessment was mainly seen as a measurement …

Competency-based medical education systems allow institutions to individualize teaching
practices to meet the needs of diverse learners. Yet, the focus on continuous improvement …

Objectivity in the assessment of students and trainees has been a hallmark of quality since
the introduction of multiple-choice items in the 1960s. In medical education, this has …

Despite a lack of intent to discriminate, physicians educated in US medical schools and
residency programs often take actions that systematically disadvantage minority patients …