Gamification in education for the formative assessment process

Formative assessment in health professional education.

T clinical teaching and learning process involves different activities including assessment. No one denies the importance of assessment and its role as a main driver in the educational processes. Assessment is defined as a “process of measuring or appraising individual performance against a required standard”.1 An assessment process can be viewed as 2 complementary and overlapping models aiming...

A Faculty Toolkit for Formative Assessment in Pharmacy Education.

This paper aims to increase understanding and appreciation of formative assessment and its role in improving student outcomes and the instructional process, while educating faculty on formative techniques readily adaptable to various educational settings. Included are a definition of formative assessment and the distinction between formative and summative assessment. Various formative assessmen...

A Critical Review of Research on Formative Assessment: The Limited Scientific Evidence of the Impact of Formative Assessment in Education

The existence of a plethora of empirical evidence documenting the improvement of educational outcomes through the use of formative assessment is conventional wisdom within education. In reality, a limited body of scientifically based empirical evidence exists to support that formative assessment directly contributes to positive educational outcomes. The use of formative assessments, or other di...

New Evolutionary Gamification in Patient’s Education

Gamification in medical education

T echnology is increasingly being used in medical education to supplement the delivery of learning resources. Gamification is defined as ‘the use of game design elements in non-game contexts’ (1). Despite being a relatively young field, gamification is making a big impact across a variety of industries and has piqued the interest of the academic community, with education being one of the first ...