Medical Education 2012: 46: 28–37 Context Historically, assessments have often measured
the measurable rather than the important. Over the last 30 years, however, we have …

Background: In August 2007, run-through specialty training and workplace-based
assessments (WBAs) were introduced for UK junior doctors. Aim: This study explores …

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 …

Objectives Since their introduction, workplace‐based assessments (WBAs) have proliferated
throughout postgraduate medical education. Previous reviews have identified mixed …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 1190–1198 Objectives Workplace‐based assessment (WPBA)
is an increasingly important part of postgraduate medical training and its results may be …

Traditional psychometric approaches towards assessment tend to focus exclusively on
quantitative properties of assessment outcomes. This may limit more meaningful educational …

Workplace-based assessment is more commonly given a lukewarm than a warm welcome
by its prospective users. In this article, we summarise the workplace-based assessment …

Objective To investigate the literature for evidence that workplace based assessment affects
doctors' education and performance. Design Systematic review. Data sources The primary …

Work-based assessment (WBA) is the assessment of trainees and physicians across the
educational continuum of day-to-day competencies and practices in authentic, clinical …

Context Although work‐based assessments (WBA) may come closest to assessing habitual
performance, their use for summative purposes is not undisputed. Most criticism of WBA …