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The assessment of professional competence: Developments, research and practical implications

Van Der Vleuten, C. P. M.·1996·Advances in Health Sciences Education

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  • Improved alignment between assessment tasks and intended competencies supports stronger assessment with clearer differentiation between theoretical knowledge and practical competence.

    “Improved alignment between assessment tasks and intended competencies supports stronger assessment with clearer differentiation between theoretical knowledge and practical competence, demonstrating how improved alignment yields more accurate evaluation of student capabilities [17,32].”
  • Clinical expertise is founded on a broad fund of knowledge and effective memory networks that allow easy access to that knowledge.

    “Such assessment research permits the conclusion that clinical expertise is founded on a broad fund of knowledge and effective memory networks that allow easy access to that knowledge.”

    From Test-enhanced learning in medical education (2008) · cites this paper as [32]

  • The ability to solve problems is highly dependent on the knowledge on which the case is based, also known as case specificity.

    “With further study, it became clear that the ability to solve problems was highly dependent on the knowledge on which the case was based ) also known as case specificity.32,37”

    From Test-enhanced learning in medical education (2008) · cites this paper as [32]

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Authors
Van Der Vleuten, C. P. M.
Venue
Advances in Health Sciences Education
Published
1996-01
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
41-67
ISSN
  • 1382-4996 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-1677
OpenAlex
W2132892830
Cited by
1,247
References
86
Citations by year
2026: 47 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 64 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 59 · 2018: 68 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 52 · 2015: 66 · 2014: 75 · 2013: 71 · 2012: 48
FWCI
8.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Advances in Health Sciences Education (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Competency Development and Evaluation
  • Social Sciences › Education › Vocational Education and Training
Keywords
professional competence assessment, competency assessment, health professions education, assessment methods, practical implications

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