Medical education assessment: a brief overview of concepts in generalizability theory

Medical education assessment: a brief overview of concepts in generalizability theory

article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use of work provided the original work is properly cited. General Medical Council (GMC) in the UK has emphasized the importance of internal consistency for students' assessment scores in medical education. 1 Typically Cronbach's alpha is reported by medical educators as an index of interna...

Generalizability Theory: Overview

Ayn Rand’s Theory of Concepts: A Brief Overview

This paper summarizes Rand’s theory of concepts as presented in the first five chapters of Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. Rand’s approach to universals, essentials, and definitions is discussed, and key Randian usages such as “unit,” “measurement,” “distinguishing characteristic” and “Conceptual Common Denominator” are explained. An appendix summarizes Rand’s treatment of several con...

Comment: Generalizability theory and assessment in medical training.

Generalizability theory and assessment in medical training Even though it is more than 50 years old, generalizability theory, or G theory, is not well known to the medical community. It combines aspects of classic test theory and analysis of variance in order to estimate reliability (“G-study”) of a measurement instrument as a function of design aspects (“facets” in G-theory literature), and to...

A brief description of Medical Education Master Program in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

As Medical sciences become more advanced andgrow each day, so do the challenges of medicaleducation. To overcome the new obstacles whichare an inseparable part of science evolution, it isnecessary to renew and improve the educationalsystem .Achieving this, requires individuals whoare educated in the new methods of learning andtherefore can lead others through educationalsystem development. Duri...