"In
portfolio assessment, the face validity is high; the educational impact is positive in terms of directing student learning toward the curriculum outcomes; many medical schools find portfolio assessment to be feasible; acceptability grows with time and with suitable modifications; and reliability may be acceptable if one is prepared to sample through the sources of bias, make use of pre-validated rating rubrics, and train the assessors. Portfolio assessment has much to offer"
"Problem-based learning (PBL) serves as an educational method to foster self-directed learning, integration across disciplines, small-group learning and decision-making strategies. The approach is student centred."
Despite the relative brevity of the intervention, our course appeared to be effective in improving diagnostic performance in simulated clinical reasoning skills problems, as measured by the CRP, and was generally well received by students.
"CONCLUSIONS:
Providing students with opportunities to engage in active sense-making activities within the formal professional curriculum can encourage an embodied and sophisticated understanding of professionalism."
" This research suggests that the theoretical advantages linked to the self-assessment process are a result of its feedback component rather than the practice of self-assessment isolated from feedback. Further research exploring the effects of different contextual and personal factors on students' self-assessment is needed."
" Four students share personal reflections of their experience to illuminate themes from the subjective experience of the learner and to understand how to align the learners' interests with the requirements of an assessment program."
"A new type of CBPS, the digital storytelling system, has been developed and evaluated which and appears to be successful in overcoming some of the limitations of earlier CBPS by featuring patient's stories in their own words, by focusing on problems rather than diseases, and by having stories that are quick for students to work through."
These dental assisting degree, diploma and certificate programs provide the necessary training students need to gain entry-level employment as a dental assistant.
" LICs are environments rich in opportunity for self-regulated learning. Tablets can enhance students' ability to develop and employ self-regulatory skills in a clinical context."
"The frequency of accurate observations on a 1-h visual skills examination was used to evaluate pre- vs. post-course descriptions of patient photographs and art imagery. "