Connecting Programmatic Learning Objectives with Practice: Insights from an Analysis of Workforce-Based Assessments

In this episode of Friday SLO Talk, we dive deep into the complexities of evaluating student performance in real-world clinical settings. Guests John Moore and Phil Reeves from the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) join us to share insights from an extensive research project involving five medical schools and over two million lines of assessment data.
The Challenge of Standardization
The study highlights a massive divide in how medical schools design their Workplace-Based Assessments (WBAs). From two-point "pass/fail" scales to complex ten-point rubrics, the lack of standardization…