European Board of Medical Assessors

24/09/2021

The multiplier event of the Erasmus+ Online Adaptive International Progress Test Project (OAIPT) is scheduled to happen on October 30th in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal. Registrations are free of charge and participation can be either in-person or online.

During the event, participants will have the opportunity to learn about the most recent advances in computerised adaptive progress testing, the outcomes of the OAIPT project and explore the possibilities for future partnerships.

More information and registration on the link below:

https://b-acis.pt/workshops/erasmus-multiplier-event-progress-test-madeira

Interested teachers/researchers/experts on Progress Testing will have the magnificent opportunity to attend this event in Madeira.

03/09/2021

A message from our President Prof. Dr. Adrian Freeman about the latest developments at EBMA.

Our next events:

Oct 15-16, London - Psychometrics course

Oct 30, Funchal - Progress test meeting

March 9-13, 2022 - Edingburgh - Introduction to Assessment course

April 6-8, 2022 - Helsinki - EBMA Conference

Visit www.EBMA.eu for more information!

26/07/2021

We are proud to confirm that the next edition of our hands-on psychometrics course will take place at the Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, on Oct 15-16, 2021. Are you involved in assessment of healthcare professionals? Enroll now here:

Date: October 15-16 (2 days), 2021 Location: Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Course leaders: Dr. Carlos F. Collares, Prof. dr. Cees […]

16/06/2020

Registration is now open! Join our exciting new virtual format for the conference – EBMA 2020: The Virtual Conference. We have a rolling programme of live webinars from September 2020 until March 2021.

Registration Form The registration process will be supported by Skyros company. Click here to book your ticket! Registration Fees Early […]

25/10/2019

The Annual EBMA Conference will begin in a few days in Łódź, Poland (November 7-9). We will have workshops, short presentations, poster presentations, and lectures. The list of keynote speakers is formidable:
- Suzanne Schut from School of Health Professions Education (SHE), Maastricht University, will give the Annual Lesley Southgate Lecture about Programmatic Assessment;
- Trevor Gibbs, current President of AMEE, will talk about the implementation of change in countries with limited resources;
- Martin R. Fischer, from the Institute for Medical Education, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, will talk about the assessment of clinical reasoning;
- Stephanie Marshall, Vice-Principal for Education, from Queen Mary University of London, will give a lecture on Leadership in Education;
- Lilian M. Azzopardi, from the University of Malta and President of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy, will give a lecture about Interprofessional education and assessment;
- Richard Fuller, Vice-Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, will inquire participants if OSCEs have a future considering the current changes in assessment practice.

The EBMA community waits for you in Łódź! Register here:

“New approaches to assessment in health professions education” Medical University of Łódź – Poland 7 November – Preconference workshops and meetings 8-9 November – Conference REGISTRATIONS are OPEN Deadline for abstract submission extended: 31st July 2019 (Please note we will consider s...

07/01/2019

Teachers have to assess the performance of their students. But have you ever thought of assessing the reliability and validity of the assessment tools? Have you ever developed a questionnaire and wanted it to understand how can you use Psychometrics to fine tune it?

Enroll now to the European Board of Medical Assessors Course on Psychometrics. The course still has a limited number of free spaces and it will happen on March 11-15, 2019, in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Topics include classical test theory, generalizability theory, item response theory, factor analysis, network psychometrics, and computerized adaptive testing. See the full programme in the following link:

https://www.ebma.eu/event/trainingpsychometrics/

21/04/2018

Yesterday, the European Board of Medical Assessors held the last day of the second edition of the course “Psychometrics Applied to Healthcare Professions Education” in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The organizers would like to thank the participants for their motivation and engagement, which were essential for the success of this course.

The next course already has a date! Mark in your calendar: March 11-15th, 2019.

Applications will open soon!

18/01/2018

The conference “Looking Ahead in Progress Testing”, organized by the University of Exeter Medical School and the European Board of Medical Assessors, will cover the latest updates in the field. Do you coordinate a progress test? Are you interested in having it at your institution? Read what Professor Cees van der Vleuten has to say:

“In a collaborative strategy, progress testing could be the cheapest form of assessment per unit of measurement information in the ability of a test to differentiate learners’ cognitive competence while promoting good learning at the same time.”

Submit an abstract and enroll now: http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/progresstestingconference/

08/01/2018

Are you looking for a course to learn how to make and interpret psychometric analyses applied to healthcare professions education?

Our one-week training on Psychometrics provided by Prof. Dr. Cees van de Vleuten and Dr. Carlos F. Collares might be exactly what you need.

Enroll now: https://www.ebma.eu/event/trainingpsychometrics

20/12/2017

Remember when you were a medical student? Have you ever had that feeling of having erased all information "crammed" for the test from your internal "hard drive" after a stressful final exam? Computerized adaptive progress tests can be an antidote to that phenomenon. Learn more reading this essay from EBMA’s psychometrician, Dr. Carlos Collares: “Progress test as a successful assessment tool of, for and as learning.”

Author: dr. Carlos Collares, EBMA When I first started using computerized adaptive testing in Brazil seven years ago, I had …

08/11/2017

The final programme book for Conference in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, on November 14-15, is already online! Check it out!

25/08/2017

starts in a couple of days. If you are going to Helsinki, make sure you meet us at booth HM31 at the exhibition center to know more about how our products and services can improve the assessment of medical students in your institution.