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HEAL: Health Education Assets Library
The University of Utah’s digital asset library is a repository that allows medical educators to discover, download, and re-use over 22,000 medical education resources. The collection provides you with an expansive variety of free materials, perfect for creating visual imagery for course presentations, assignments, and assessments. View the Health Education Assets Library and begin enhancing your […]
Feb 21, 2018
50 Classroom Assessment Techniques
As an educator, you need to be aware of what knowledge students are retaining from your lessons. The easiest way to do so is through a variety of assessment methods. These 50 Classroom Assessment Techniques by Angelo and Cross will get you on the right path, offering strategies for assessing course-related knowledge and skills, learner […]
Feb 20, 2018
Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences
NBME has published a free manual about writing test questions. The 181-page booklet covers everything you could possibly need for putting together polished, creative, and easily understandable assessment questions. The manual will teach you: Best multiple-choice practices Technical item flaws Foundational testing Usage of media Keep in mind, you’ll need to make a free account […]
Nov 22, 2016
NBME U is the ultimate supplement to aid you in classroom testing and assessment. As an online collection of lessons relevant to high-quality assessment, the courses provide brief overviews of assessment topics for those in the health professions’ education community — at no cost to the learner! The courses are brief to accommodate the often busy schedules […]
Nov 22, 2016
On the Bookshelf: Must-Reads for Educators
Conducting Research in Health Professions Education: From Idea to Publication This free eBook from Academic Medicine provides over 40 one-page primers on topics related to medical education research. The literature explores every stage of research from developing research questions, finding secondary data sources, and working in collaborations, to defining response rate, writing revisions, and promoting your […]
Mar 13, 2016
The Impact of MOOCs in Higher Education
The internet has created the ability to provide free, openly accessible education to learners around the world. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a premier example of delivering learning applications on a global scale, allowing anyone with an internet connection to attain accredited and viable skills. Companies such as Coursera, Udacity, edX, and Khan Academy […]
Aug 23, 2013
