Reflections on the Migration of Medical Simulators from Training Tools to Assessment Tools
DATE & TIME: March 14, 2007 12 noon
LOCATION: Goodman Simulation Center
DIRECTIONS:
SPEAKER: Rich Shavelson, PhD
AFFILIATION: School of Education
DETAILS:
Richard J. Shavelson
Margaret Jacks Professor of Education, Professor of Psychology (courtesy),
and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
Abstract
Increasingly simulations built as tools for training physicians are migrating into assessments of skill and competence. The use of training simulators as assessment devices presents a number of challenges and the talk reflects on some of these challenges and possible ways of addressing them. The talk will (hopefully!) be brief as its real goal is to begin a discussion of assessment issues that members of the audience are working on (so come with questions).
Bio
Richard J. Shavelson is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education, Professor of Psychology (courtesy), and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. His current work includes the assessment of science achievement and the study of inquiry-based science teaching and its impact on students' knowledge structures and performance. Other work includes studies of computer cognitive training on working memory, fluid intelligence and science achievement, assessment of undergraduates‚ learning with the Collegiate Learning Assessment, accountability in higher education, the scientific basis of education research, and new standards for measuring students‚ science achievement in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the nation‚s „report card‰). His publications include Statistical Reasoning for the Behavioral Sciences, Generalizability Theory: A Primer (with Noreen Webb), and Scientific Research in Education (edited with Lisa Towne); he is currently working on a book tentatively titled, The Quest to Assess Learning and Hold Higher Education Accountable.
