Table of Contents
1. Basics of assessment
Tejinder Singh
2. What to assess?
Tejinder Singh
3. Formative assessment: Assessment for learning
Tejinder Singh
4. Objectivity and reliability revisited
Tejinder Singh
5. Internal assessment revisited
Tejinder Singh, Anshu
6. Assessing professional competence
Mairead Maxted, Janet Grant, Katrina Wooding, John J Norcini
7. Assessment of knowledge: Written assessment
Anshu
8. Selection type questions
Ciraj AM
9. Multiple choice questions
Ciraj AM
10. Multiple choice questions: Optimal number of options
Rashmi Vyas, Avinash Supe
11. Item analysis and question banking
Ciraj AM
12. Objective structured clinical examination in resource poor settings
Piyush Gupta, Pooja Dewan, Tejinder Singh
13. Improving the long case
Tejinder Singh
14. The mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX)
Tejinder Singh, John J Norcini
15. The oral examination
Anshu
16. Portfolios in learning and assessment
Payal K Bansal
17. Assessment of professionalism and ethics
BV Adkoli
18. Assessment in community-based education
Zahra Ladhani
19. Blueprinting in assessment
BV Adkoli, KK Deepak
20. Standard setting
Tejinder Singh, Ara Tekian
21. Student feedback
Anshu, Tejinder Singh
22. Faculty development for better assessment
Tejinder Singh
23. Web resources for assessment in medical education
Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari
Further reading
Index