A few words about this paper… This paper was written by two undergraduate medical students. This is another good example of student participation in undergraduate medical education research. John and Margaret performed a pilot according to Markus’s initial observation that aspects of Situation Awareness could be measured in OSCEs. Both students used the station OSCE […]
Situational awareness within objective structured clinical examination stations in undergraduate medical training – A literature search
A few words about this paper… A great new PhD track was launched with Markus Fischer’s idea to look into situation awareness (SA). The latter term is known from the aviation industry and requires pilots to be aware of all critical situations that may occur while flying a plane. More and more evidence is emerging […]
Assessment of professional behaviour – A comparison of self-assessment by first year dental students and assessment by staff
Authors S Zijlstra-Shaw, Thomas JB Kropmans and J Tams Abstract Objective A study was set up to assess usefulness and acceptability of a method of assessing professional behaviour of undergraduate dental students. Setting The first year preclinical course at the Department of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Materials and Method A form was […]
Assessment of ‘borderline’ clinical competence using generalisability and decision studies in dental skills training
A few words about this paper… A historically significant paper I have to say, and although not yet cited it formed the basis of what I eventually pursued for the last 10 years in the spin-off company, Qpercom. According to the Irish Times, we are “dragging exam assessment out of the dark ages“ (Oct. 2016). This […]
Borderline Regression Analysis in Assessment
Borderline regression analysis (BRA) is an absolute, examinee-centered standard setting method widely used to standard set OSCE exams, Yousuf, Violato, and Zuberi (2015). Candidates are awarded a “global score” for a station in a circuit, based on the examiner’s professional judgment of their ability. Borderline Regression Method is illustrated above using item score on the […]
Seven Reasons to Store EPAs Digitally
Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) is changing the delivery and assessment of medical education in healthcare institutions around the world. CBME is outcome-based education, focusing on what is attained in terms of knowledge, skill, behaviour and attitude. This...
Memory Allocation in JavaScript — Eager vs Lazy Allocation Approach
Memory allocation is the process of reserving complete or partial space (physically or virtual) on the computer to execute an application. The management of memory on a program if not handled in the right way can make the application slow or even stop working, and one...
Steps to Encourage Technological Acceptance
Adopting new technologies requires a cultural shift. These shifts do not happen overnight; they take time, for users to experience a learning curve and gain confidence in the new system. Technology use may be inevitable, but it should be managed nonetheless. Research...
Getting Out of the Office: Continuous Integration, Continuous Learning
The most typical place you will find a software developer on a normal day is at their desk, working hard and turning coffee into code. Its important to remember to get out of the office and add variety to our work environment. It brings new ideas, learnings and shared...