Table of Contents

1. Basics of assessment

Tejinder Singh

2. What to assess?

Tejinder Singh

3. Formative assessment: Assessment for learning

Tejinder Singh

4. Objectivity and reliability revisited

Tejinder Singh

5. Internal assessment revisited

Tejinder Singh, Anshu

6. Assessing professional competence

Mairead Maxted, Janet Grant, Katrina Wooding, John J Norcini

7. Assessment of knowledge: Written assessment

Anshu

8. Selection type questions

Ciraj AM

9. Multiple choice questions

Ciraj AM

10. Multiple choice questions: Optimal number of options

Rashmi Vyas, Avinash Supe

11. Item analysis and question banking

Ciraj AM

12. Objective structured clinical examination in resource poor settings

Piyush Gupta, Pooja Dewan, Tejinder Singh

13. Improving the long case

Tejinder Singh

14. The mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX)

Tejinder Singh, John J Norcini

15. The oral examination

Anshu

16. Portfolios in learning and assessment

Payal K Bansal

17. Assessment of professionalism and ethics

BV Adkoli

18. Assessment in community-based education

Zahra Ladhani

19. Blueprinting in assessment

BV Adkoli, KK Deepak

20. Standard setting

Tejinder Singh, Ara Tekian

21. Student feedback

Anshu, Tejinder Singh

22. Faculty development for better assessment

Tejinder Singh

23. Web resources for assessment in medical education

Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari

Further reading

Index