Open AccessBlueprinting in assessment: A tool to increase the validity of undergraduate written examinations in pathology
Author(s) -
Sunita Y Patil,
Manasi Gosavi,
Hema B Bannur,
Ashwini Ratnakar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/2229-516x.162286
Subject(s) - blueprint , set (abstract data type) , medical education , psychology , medicine , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language
Written examinations are the most commonly employed method for assessment of cognitive skills in medical education. The few disadvantages of essay questions are less number of questions, limited sampling, unfair distribution of questions over topics, vague questions etc., Blueprinting overcomes these issues, increasing the validity of examinations.