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Sunday 16 MayMorning workshops: 9.00am to 12.30pmWorkshop 9Selecting selection strategies: Pitfalls in selection process and ways to improve upon themKevin W Eva (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel Cost: $125 Despite the critical importance of maintaining a valid and transparent selection process that serves the values held by all stakeholders involved in medical education (i.e., students, faculty, society), there continue to be problems with the current state of available admissions protocols. Some problems derive from inertia induced by inaccurate intuitions pertaining to the nature of admissions protocols and the underlying qualities being measured. Others arise from the lack of reliable and valid admissions protocols to capture the non-cognitive qualities of candidates. In this workshop we will review the literature pertaining to making admissions decisions while using van der Vleuten and Schuwirth’s utility model to discuss the relative merit of a variety of approaches available for use.Workshop 10Assessment in the basic medical sciencesDujeepa Samarasekera, Matthew Gwee and Tan Chay Hoon (Medical Education Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore) Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel Cost: $125 Traditionally, assessment in the basic medical sciences tested mainly the in-depth scientific knowledge of a discipline. Since assessment drives the way students learn, student learning focused mainly on memorizing the voluminous scientific facts of each discipline with little attention to its application in the treatment and management of disease. As a consequence, when students start their clinical training, they often experience difficulty in integrating and applying knowledge of what they had learned earlier to the care and management of patients. This workshop is aimed at providing participants with a practical pedagogical approach to designing assessment strategies which contextualize the relevance of the basic medical science disciplines in the 21st century undergraduate medical curriculum. Participants will have opportunities to actively engage in hands-on sessions and to reflect on important issues relating to assessment in medical education.(Further information on website www.ottawaconference.org)Workshop 11 - WORKSHOP FULLThe assessment of attitudesJo Hart (University of Manchester Medical School) and Val Wass (Keele Medical School), UK Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel Cost: $125 Developing appropriate attitudes” is an essential part of professional conduct. Yet debate continues on whether attitudes should be (a) used in selection processes (b) taught to students or left to independent learning in the hidden curriculum (c) assessed. The workshop will review international developments in attitudinal measurement. Attendees will work in small groups to debate issues and develop their own ideas on attitudinal measurement. Both facilitators are medical educators with backgrounds in assessment and professional development. The workshop will interest all involved, or interested in, the teaching, learning and assessment of attitudes. It will suit any level of expertise.Workshop 12Crossing an unknown sea? Perils and pearls of assessing with Standardized PatientsJohn H. Shatzer (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine), Sally Santen (Emory University Medical School), Gail Furman (National Board of Medical Examiners) and Tony Errichetti (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine), USA Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel Cost: $125 Standardized Patients have been employed for decades to assess various aspects of clinical competence. Much has been studied about their abilities to do so and our ability to make valid judgments about performance from SPs. We’ll introduce best evidence assessment practices that can be applied to a variety of assessment settings, including trainee and program evaluation and research. Participants will be provided with a number of experiential opportunities to bring these principles into their own practice, including training, data collection, scoring and interpretation.Workshop 13 - WORKSHOP FULLScript Concordance Tests: principles, item writing, practical issuesBernard Charlin (University of Montreal, Canada), Stuart Lubarsky (McGill University, Canada) and Jorge G. Ruiz (University of Miami, USA) Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel Cost: $125 The Script Concordance Test (SCT), based on script theory from cognitive psychology, uses authentic clinical scenarios to compare a trainee’s judgment skills with those of a panel composed of respondents that are representative of the “typical” professional. Participants will (1) discover the SCT, an innovative case-based test (administered on paper or computer screens); (2) build cases and items and experiment with the scoring process; (3) discuss practical issues, informed by research findings. This interactive workshop will include presentation of SCT principles; examples of SCT items taken from assessment of reasoning skills in neurology or geriatrics; practical issues related to item writing, scoring or panel composition and is intended for use in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education in the health professions; So far, the tool has been used mainly in medicine but can be applied in every health profession.Workshop 14Developing simulation-based stations for use in OSCEsUniversity of Miami Gordon Center Faculty Venue: University of Miami Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education Cost: $125 Simulators have become an integral part of medical education at all levels of learners. One of the most common types of assessment methods used with simulators is the OSCE. Simulations offer advantages in OSCE stations by standardizing evaluations, presenting pathologic findings, and assessing a wide range of clinical skills without risk to real patients. This workshop addresses the rationale for using simulations in OSCEs, as well as the strengths and challenges inherent in these methods. Participants will devise simulator-based stations, develop scoring instruments, and run a small-scale OSCE using various simulators and task trainers.Workshop 15 (EN ESPAÑOL)Developing simulation-based stations for use in OSCEsUniversity of Miami Gordon Center Faculty Venue: University of Miami Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education Cost: $125 Simulators have become an integral part of medical education at all levels of learners. One of the most common types of assessment methods used with simulators is the OSCE. Simulations offer advantages in OSCE stations by standardizing evaluations, presenting pathologic findings, and assessing a wide range of clinical skills without risk to real patients. This workshop addresses the rationale for using simulations in OSCEs, as well as the strengths and challenges inherent in these methods. Participants will devise simulator-based stations, develop scoring instruments, and run a small-scale OSCE using various simulators and task trainers. (EN ESPAÑOL)Workshop 16Demonstration of simulation-based training and assessment in action (repeat of Workshop 3)University of Miami Gordon Center Faculty Venue: University of Miami Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education Cost: $125 The Gordon Center is a designated Center of Excellence of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. It was established 40 years ago for the application of advanced technology to multiprofessional healthcare education. The Center occupies an expanded all-new 34,000 sq.ft. state-of-the-art facility, with the full capability for simulation and computer design engineering and houses a high technology auditorium, self-learning laboratory, standardized patient training area, fire rescue vehicle, car for extrication of trauma victims, hazardous materials decontamination showers and mock emergency department. Faculty will discuss the process of operating a simulation-based training and assessment center, creating simulation_based curricula and performing outcomes research.Workshop 17Demonstration of simulation-based training and assessment in action (EN ESPAÑOL)University of Miami Gordon Center Faculty Venue: University of Miami Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education Cost: $125 The Gordon Center is a designated Center of Excellence of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. It was established 40 years ago for the application of advanced technology to multiprofessional healthcare education. The Center occupies an expanded all-new 34,000 sq.ft. state-of-the-art facility, with the full capability for simulation and computer design engineering and houses a high technology auditorium, self-learning laboratory, standardized patient training area, fire rescue vehicle, car for extrication of trauma victims, hazardous materials decontamination showers and mock emergency department. Faculty will discuss the process of operating a simulation-based training and assessment center, creating simulation-based curricula and performing outcomes research. (EN ESPAÑOL)
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