Summative assessment will protect patients from incompetent GPs

UKCC will deal with incompetent practice.

NURSES WHOSE competence is 'just above acceptable levels' continue to practise because there are no mechanisms in place to measure or deal with the problem, a UKCC seminar heard last week.

Research on Classroom Summative Assessment

A ssessment is unquestionably one of the teacher’s most complex and important tasks. What teachers assess and how and why they assess it sends a clear message to students about what is worth learning, how it should be learned, and how well they are expected to learn it. As a result of increased influences from external high stakes tests, teachers are increasingly working to align their CAs with...

Summative assessment: a historical perspective.

Best practices in summative assessment.

The goal of this review is to highlight key elements underpinning excellent high-stakes summative assessment. This guide is primarily aimed at faculty members with the responsibility of assigning student grades and is intended to be a practical tool to help throughout the process of planning, developing, and deploying tests as well as monitoring their effectiveness. After a brief overview of th...

Physician burnout: who will protect us from ourselves?