Characterizing the literature on validity and assessment in medical education: a bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Assessment in Medical Education fills many roles and is under constant scrutiny. Assessments must be of good quality, and supported by validity evidence. Given the high-stakes consequences of assessment, and the many audiences within medical education (e. g., training level, specialty-specific), we set out to document the breadth, scope, and characteristics of the literature reporting on validation of assessments within medical education.

Method

Searches in Medline (Ovid), Web of Science, ERIC, EMBASE (Ovid), and PsycINFO (Ovid) identified articles reporting on assessment of learners in medical education published since 1999. Included articles were coded for geographic origin, journal, journal category, targeted assessment, and authors. A map of collaborations b

SUBMITTER: Young M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6002290 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature