COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BLOCK 4 (ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TEG 5034 BLOCK 4 (ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION) COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Medical Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR SERAP KONAKCI

Offered to

Medical Education

Course Objective

Having knowledge about the general principles of assessment and evaluation, being able to design assessment and evaluation systems used at different levels in the fields of medicine and healthcare education, being able to select/develop appropriate tools for these systems and providing knowledge and skills to assess these systems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain general concepts and principles related to assessment and evaluation
2   Being capable of categorizing assessment and evaluation approaches and models specific to the domains of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and discussing the positive and negative attributes of the methods
3   Developing recommendations for assessment and evaluation systems that are aligned with educational programs, holistic, versatile, and implementable
4   Being able to design measurement tools suitable for the characteristic to be measured in assessment and evaluation systems
5   Coordinating and executing the applications within the assessment and evaluation system of the educational program
6   Developing recommendations for data generation and analysis methods in assessment and evaluation systems, intended for monitoring student achievement and program evaluation purposes, Interpreting the acquired data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An introduction to fundamental concepts in assessment and evaluation, general principles and definitions, the role in evaluating student achievement and program assessment, its impact on learning behaviors, approaches in determining competency/achievement levels in assessment
2 The definition of validity and reliability in assessment and evaluation, their types and testing methods. Measures to enhance validity and reliability. Other characteristics that measurement instruments should possess
3 Asseement of knowledge, skills, and attitudes in medical and health education, utilizing multiple methods in evaluation, essential characteristic that the assessment process should carry based on the domain of evaluation, roles of medical educators in the assessment process, and the role of assessement in medical education whithin the framework of acountability and quality assurance
4 The necessary attributes of knowledge assessment tools, written and oral knowledge assessment methods, general and method-specific considerations during preparation and implementation stages of these methods, the positive and negative aspects of each method, evaluating the use of these methods in the context of medical and health education
5 An example of knowledge assessment approach in monitoring student development is progress test
6 Mean, median, standard deviation, mean difficulty, minimum-maximum values, skewness, kurtosis, SEM, and their significance in knowledge assessment exams, their use in interpreting overall exam results and individual scores
7 Definitions of item analysis for multiple-choice knowledge assessment exams (DIF I, DI, DF, item-point biserial correlation), calculation methods, and interpreting examples through
8 The importance of educational management systems and question banks in assessment and evaluation, their necessary attributes, and usage rules
9 Basic principles of skill/performance assessment in in vivo/in vitro environments, concepts of competence and proficiency, preparation of performance assessment scales, and consistency among evaluators
10 The characteristics of OSCE, its planning, and positive and negative aspects
11 Characteristics, planning, positive and negative aspects of the mini-CEX, CORE, DOPS, OSPE, logbook/portfolio assessment methods
12 Areas of application and principles of preparing attitude scales
13 General principles of assessment practices in face-to-face and electronic environments, and discussing the outcomes encountered in implementation. The role of artificial intelligence applications in assessment practices in medical education
14 Discussion of pre-graduate medical education national standards in the context of assessment and evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

presentation, discussion sessions, practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 SEM SEMINAR
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + SEM * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

to score a minimum of 75 (CB) out of 100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.konakci@deu.edu.tr
serapkonakci@yahoo.com
mobil:05327630320
landline:02324124686

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 24 3 72
Case study 3 3 9
Student Presentations 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 2 8
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.555
LO.65