The structured clinical operative test (SCOT) provides a more objective standardised method of assessment of practical skills in undergraduate oral surgery. SCOT allows the early detection of weaker ...

Misuse of statistics in medical and sports science research is common and may lead to detrimental consequences to healthcare. Many authors, editors and peer reviewers of medical papers will not have ...

Direct Assessment refers to any method of collecting data that requires students to demonstrate a knowledge, skill, or behavior, normally as part of the regular educational experience of students in ...

Managers in different fields are discovering the merits of implementing checklists, from landing an aircraft on the Hudson river in New York to saving lives in hospitals AFTER HE landed US Airways ...

Case-based discussion has been well received as an assessment method. Here are other reasons to use it, along with tips on how to make it work well Creating authentic assessments in higher education ...

This article describes a new, combined, quantitative method for assessing excipient risks that has been developed by the authors as one possible risk evaluation method. According to the modern ...