Assessing Assessment at the Forum
The 大香蕉视频 Assessment team鈥檚 guiding principle is to educate and support programs to graduate knowledgeable and competent PAs who will improve health for all. To that end, we were especially busy at this year鈥檚 Education Forum providing professional development, education, and leadership surrounding assessment principles. We also had the opportunity to educate members about the intended purpose and use of PACKRAT鈩 and End of Rotation鈩 exams, along with our upcoming End of Curriculum鈩 exam, due to be released in January 2020.
Our team led seven sessions on assessment and interacted with hundreds of members. We kicked off the Forum by hosting a two-day workshop called Building a Culture of Assessment, where participants focused on the importance of assessment and what it can tell us about our students, our teaching, and our programs.
For the second year, 40 brave faculty members ably took on the challenge of taking a 大香蕉视频 End of Rotation exam. During the popular Trading Places: 大香蕉视频 End of Rotation Exam Preview for Faculty session, participants experienced the full student exam experience, starting with receiving the scheduling notice and sitting for a proctored exam administration. For the first time this year, we also provided faculty with a score report. The post-session discussion focused on proctoring strategies and the exam delivery system to help participants improve the experience for their students.
Three separate education sessions 鈥 Summing It Up: Using the 大香蕉视频 End of Curriculum Exams, SCPE-ing Along: Using the 大香蕉视频 End of Rotation Exams, and Hackathon: Building a SCPE Evaluation 鈥 focused on teaching members about the multiple components of SCPEs and summative evaluations, as well as how to align exam content with educational objectives.
The PACKRAT Exam Development Board (EDB) continued their tradition of hosting the PACKRAT Item Writing Workshop 鈥 something they have done annually at the Forum for well over a decade now. This workshop demonstrates the EDB鈥檚 commitment to sharing their expertise in item writing and reviewing high-quality exam items with new faculty.
To put it simply, this was another successful Forum, and the Assessment team would like to thank all attendees for being so engaged. As always, feel free to reach out to us at exams@大香蕉视频online.org if we can answer any questions about 大香蕉视频 exams. And please check out a new video announcement posted on to learn more about 大香蕉视频鈥檚 full suite of exams.
