Second Meeting of the Task Force for Assessment
October 4-6, 2001
Ann Arbor, MichiganThe Task Force reviewed the ground rules and principles of assessment from the prior meeting and was in agreement that student outcome evaluations will be used as the means of determining if schools meet minimum essentials requirements. The schools should evaluate themselves to indicate weaknesses. No comparisons between students or across schools will be made. The outline of medical education in China was presented, followed up by an in-depth discussion. This helped the members of the Task Force to better understand their task. It was indicated that prior to the implementation in China, further information will be needed such as what methods are already in use at the six or sever schools participating in the project, what support will be needed for faculty to introduce new ones, and what are the training needs of educators that will be involved in the evaluation process.
The Task Force members described and discussed the most appropriate tools currently in general use and indicated three group of assessment tools as most appropriate for our purpose: written tests, simulations and observations. To facilitate evaluation, each Global Minimum Essential Requirement was categorized by the assessment tool which could provide the most appropriate assessment. Finally the grid of assessment tools vs. GMER was developed, indicating the most proper assessment tools for each of learning objectives. It was agreed that over next 6 weeks each committee member will provide suggestions for references, such as books, monographs, and papers, and examples of assessment tools for each type of evaluation for which they have expertise. These references and resources will be provided to the Chinese for translation into Mandarin and for use in the evaluation process.
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The members of the Task Force for Assessment at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. |
Institute for International Medical Education.
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