Best practice in Workplace Based Assessment (WBA)
Aim of Workshop
To provide a comprehensive overview of the evidence for, and contemporary best practice in, Workplace Based Assessment (WBA)
Objectives:
Participants will
- Gain an overview of the evidence from the literature on the development of WBA in health professions education
- Develop understanding of the purposes of WBA, and the impact of different purposes
- Become familiar with a range of WBA tools
- Develop insights into managing systems of WBA, using technology
Facilitators
- Professor Katharine Boursicot, Director, Health Professional Assessment Consultancy, Singapore
- Professor Sandra Kemp, Deputy Dean, Innovation and Scholarship, Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Australia
The facilitators have extensive experience in the development and implementation of Workplace Based Assessment at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of medical education, as well as a range of different health professions. Most recently, they were the leaders of the Ottawa Consensus Group and Consensus Statement on Performance Assessment, published in 2021.
References:
Boursicot, K., Kemp, S., Wilkinson, T., Findyartini, A., Canning, C., Cilliers, F., & Fuller, R. (2021, 2021/01/02). Performance assessment: Consensus statement and recommendations from the 2020 Ottawa Conference. Medical Teacher, 43(1), 58-6