[:en]ABOUT
This 1-day workshop focused on further developing the skills necessary to successfully design and implement high items for competency-based knowledge assessment.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This course was ideal for university professors, clinicians, and academics who are involved in item writing.
COURSE LEADER
Professor Adrian Freeman
President of European Board of Medical Assessors (EBMA) & Professor of Medical Education at the University of Exeter, UK
MMedSci, FRCGP, FAcadMed
Professor Freeman is the President of European Board of Medical Assessors (EBMA) and a Professor of Medical Education at the University of Exeter Medical School, UK. He is also a practicing General Practitioner (Family Medicine Specialist). He is an examiner for the Royal College of General Practitioners and led the development of the licensing examination of Clinical Skills for the College.
He is Chair of the MRCGP INT board of the College. This program accredits overseas training programs and assessments in Family Medicine and is active in 9 countries around the world.
Professor Freeman has been a member of the International Board of the American Board of Medical Examiners and is currently on the Board of the UK Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance and the Council of the UK Academy of Medical Educators. He has been an External Examiner for Medical Undergraduate programs at Birmingham, St George’s London, Imperial London, Kings College London, Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Galway, and Singapore. Most of his research interest has been in the field of Progress Testing.
Moreover, he has extensive international experience and has worked projects and/or delivered courses in Oman, Dubai, Malta, Kosovo, Egypt, Libya, Indonesia, and Canada. In 2017 he was awarded the RCGP President’s medal for International Work.[:]
