Designing a summative assessment blueprint in community medicine: an expert consensus approach at All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing integration of competency-based education in medicine, there remains a significant gap in effectively assessing educational outcomes, underscoring the urgent need for designed assessment blueprints that accurately reflect both curriculum content and competency standards in Community Medicine for undergraduate students. This study, conducted across the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) network, develops a summative assessment blueprint aimed at standardizing evaluations in medical education across diverse geographic locations in India. METHODS: Twenty-five experts from 10 All India Institutes of Medical Science were invited via email and contributed for summative assessment for a theory paper. Each week, the study lead team sent an online form containing 25 topics. A total of 269 topics were selected to be included in the blueprint development. An Impact and Frequency score was obtained for each topic, with a score between 1 and 3 for both its "Impact (I)" and "Frequency" (F). RESULTS: The overall response rate was 71%. "Principle of epidemiology" (14.7%) had the most weight, followed by "Epidemiology of communicable disease" (13.4%) and "National Health Program" (10%). These three chapters constituted more than one-third of the total weight of the summative assessment (theory). 20 out of 24 (83%) chapters have moderate-to-good interrater reliability. CONCLUSIONS: The blueprint developed in this study is intended to serve as a guideline for setting question papers and aims to enhance objectivity, uniformity, and validity in assessment construction. While it provides a structured approach within the AIIMS network, its broader applicability may be limited, suggesting that its effectiveness in other educational contexts remains to be validated. Continued research is encouraged to explore its utility across diverse educational settings.
Source: BMC Medical Education
Authors: Pragya Kumar, Neha Chaudhary, Arun Mahadeo Kokane, Forhad Zaman, Bhushan Kamble, Kishore Yadav, Vinoth Kumar Kalidoss, Govindrao Narsingrao Kusneniwar, Prasanna Thirunavukkarasu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar, Richa, Bijit Biswas, Deepti Dabar, Anjan Kumar Giri, Bijaya Nanda Naik, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Santosh Kumar, Rajeev Aravindakshan, Sanjay Pandey, Sathiyanarayanan S, Swayam Pragyan Parida, Alok Ranjan, Abhisek Mishra, Saket Shekhar, Abhishek Kumar, Pallavi Lohani, Arshad Ayub, Swati Shikha, Geetika Singh, Deepika Agrawal, Shamshad Ahmad
Institutions: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Guwahati, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bibinagar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Manipal-Tata Medical College, Jamshedpur
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,890
OpenAlex ID: W4405828693