Journal article
Research in assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference
Medical teacher, Vol.33(3), pp.224-233
03/2011
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.551558
PMID: 21345062
Abstract
Medical education research in general is a young scientific discipline which is still finding its own position in the scientific range. It is rooted in both the biomedical sciences and the social sciences, each with their own scientific language. A more unique feature of medical education (and assessment) research is that it has to be both locally and internationally relevant. This is not always easy and sometimes leads to purely ideographic descriptions of an assessment procedure with insufficient general lessons or generalised scientific knowledge being generated or vice versa. For medical educational research, a plethora of methodologies is available to cater to many different research questions. This article contains consensus positions and suggestions on various elements of medical education (assessment) research. Overarching is the position that without a good theoretical underpinning and good knowledge of the existing literature, good research and sound conclusions are impossible to produce, and that there is no inherently superior methodology, but that the best methodology is the one most suited to answer the research question unambiguously. Although the positions should not be perceived as dogmas, they should be taken as very serious recommendations. Topics covered are: types of research, theoretical frameworks, designs and methodologies, instrument properties or psychometrics, costs/acceptability, ethics, infrastructure and support.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Research in assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference
- Creators
- Lambert Schuwirth - 1Maastricht University, The NetherlandsJerry Colliver - 2Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USALarry Gruppen - 3University of Michigan Medical School, USAClarence Kreiter - 4University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USAStewart Mennin - 5University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA/BrasilHirotaka Onishi - 6University of Tokyo, JapanLouis Pangaro - 7Uniformed Services University, USACharlotte Ringsted - 8Rigshospitalet, DenmarkDavid Swanson - 9National Board of Medical Examiners, USACees Van Der Vleuten - 1Maastricht University, The NetherlandsMichaela Wagner-Menghin - 10Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical teacher, Vol.33(3), pp.224-233
- Publisher
- Informa UK, Ltd
- DOI
- 10.3109/0142159X.2011.551558
- PMID
- 21345062
- ISSN
- 0142-159X
- eISSN
- 1466-187X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2011
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984024567002771
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