The main research object of the paper is investigation and proposal of the comprehensive Learning Object Repositories (LORs) quality evaluation tool suitable for their multiple criteria decision analysis, evaluation and optimisation. Both LORs ‘internal quality’ and ‘quality in use’ evaluation (decision making) criteria are analysed in the paper. The authors have analysed several well-known LOR...

BACKGROUND Exams are essential components of medical students' knowledge and skill assessment during their clinical years of study. The paper provides a retrospective analysis of validity evidence for the internal medicine component of the written and clinical exams administered in 2012 and 2013 at King Abdulaziz University's Faculty of Medicine. METHODS Students' scores for the clinical and ...

BACKGROUND High-quality assessment of resident performance is needed to guide individual residents' development and ensure their preparedness to provide patient care. To facilitate this aim, reporting milestones are now required across all internal medicine (IM) residency programs. OBJECTIVE To describe initial milestone ratings for the population of IM residents by IM residency programs. D...