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International Advanced Assessment
Masterclass 2023
Venue : The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Date : 12 & 13 June 2023
After a three-year break due to COVID-19, HPAC is pleased to announce the re-instatement of our International Advanced Assessment Course (IAAC), which had been offered annually in London since 2007. The landscape of assessment has undergone some major changes and our revised and refreshed in-person programme reflects these key topics and discourses in this International Advanced Assessment Masterclass (IAAM), developed in collaboration with the RCSE.
Aim: The Masterclass provides a state-of-the art overview of current issues in health professions assessment, with advanced coverage of contemporary assessment methodologies and best practice.
Objectives: participants will
gain deeper understanding of contemporary principles of assessment
learn to evaluate the latest evidence from the literature, especially relating to developments in best practice
review the use of a range of assessment tools
identify issues in the assessment of challenging areas in medical education
Suitability
This Masterclass is for people involved in health professions education assessment, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, who wish to broaden and update their perspectives and deepen their understanding of specific areas of assessment. We have welcomed educators, managers and regulators from dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, veterinary medicine and nursing to past courses.
Format
This Masterclass will be delivered over 2 days: four plenary sessions will address key areas of current interest, while the workshops will provide hands-on experience of methodologies relating to some of the newer and more challenging assessment areas. Participants will have the opportunity to attend 4 workshops, during which they will be able to explore areas of their particular interest, in more depth.
Programme
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Monday 12 June 2023
0800 Registration plus refreshments
0830 Introduction by Katharine Boursicot and Matthew Garrett
0845 Plenary session 1
A framework for good assessment John Norcini
Technology and assessment Richard Fuller
0945 Coffee break
1015 Workshop session 1
1230 Lunch
1345 Workshop session 2
1600 Tea break
1630 Plenary session 2
The future of knowledge testing Amir Sam
The future of performance assessment Katharine Boursicot
1730 End
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Tuesday 13 June 2023
0800 Refreshments
0830 Plenary session 3
Feedback and learning Sandra Kemp
Programmatic assessment Sylvia Heeneman
0930 Coffee break
1000 Workshop session 3
1215 Lunch
1345 Workshop session 4
1600 Tea break
1630 Plenary session 4
Equality, diversity and inclusion in assessment Viktoria Goddard
Sustainable assessment Eeva Pyörälä
1730 End
General
Designing/re-designing a system of assessment
(John Norcini & Sandra Kemp)Implementation of programmatic assessment as a combined education and assessment framework
(Sylvia Heeneman)EDI in assessment: Many questions, but are there any answers?
(Viktoria Goddard)Strengthening the weakest link: how to optimize assessor training in performance based assessments
(Debra Sibbald)Remote online testing
(Eeva Pyörälä)
Written tests
OSCEs
Current best practice in designing and planning an OSCE
(Katharine Boursicot)Improving your OSCE: implementing standard setting, understanding test metrics
(Rikki Goddard-Fuller)
Work based assessment
Workplace-based Assessment
(John Norcini)Feedback: Clinically Situated Meaningful Conversations
(Sandra Kemp)Technology enhanced portfolio design: What data should we collect and how should we use to assist learning and progression?
(Rikki Goddard-Fuller)Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Assessment of Competence
(Debra Sibbald)
Workshops
Fees
Registration: GBP 1,300 per participant
Speakers
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Professor Katharine Boursicot
Director
HPAC, SingaporeWorkshop : Current best practice in designing and planning an OSCE
Plenary : The future of performance assessment
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Professor Rikki Goddard-Fuller
Director of Christie Education
Christie Hospitals NHS Trust / University of Manchester, UKWorkshops :
Improving your OSCE: implementing standard setting, understanding test metrics
Technology enhanced portfolio design: What data should we collect and how should we use to assist learning and progression?
Plenary : Technology Enhanced Assessment: Hope, help or hindrance?
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Dr Viktoria Goddard
Vice Dean, Learning and Scholarship
University of Liverpool, UKWorkshop : EDI in assessment: Many questions, but are there any answers?
Plenary : What does ‘equality, diversity and inclusivity’ mean in relation to assessment?
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Sylvia Heeneman
Department of Pathology, School of Health Professions Education
Maastricht University, HollandWorkshop : Implementation of programmatic assessment as a combined education and assessment framework
Plenary : Programmatic assessment – The theory and the principles
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Professor Sandra Kemp
Deputy Dean, Innovation and Scholarship, Medical Education
University of Wollongong, AustraliaWorkshops :
Feedback: Clinically Situated Meaningful Conversations
Designing/re-designing a system of assessment
Plenary : Assessment: Feedback and Learning
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John Norcini
SUNY Upstate Medical University, US
Workshop :
Workplace-based Assessment
Designing/re-designing a system of assessment
Plenary : A Framework for Good Assessment
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Eeva Pyörälä
Associate Professor
University of Helsinki, FinlandWorkshop : Remote online testing
Plenary : Sustainable assessment in health professions education
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Professor Amir Sam
Head of Imperial College School of Medicine
Imperial College London, UKWorkshop : Introducing very short answer questions (VSAQs) into undergraduate medical curriculum
Plenary : Current developments in the assessment of applied knowledge
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Dr. Debra Sibbald
Associate Professor and Academic Lead - Admissions,
University of Toronto, CanadaWorkshops :
Strengthening the weakest link: How to optimize assessor training in performance-based assessments.
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Assessment of Competence