Selection, Assessment & Performance
It is critical to robustly and fairly assess who has the potential to be a capable healthcare professional (selection) and how students and doctors-in-training perform on formal and workplace assessments.
Topics of research in this theme include: design and validation of selection processes, including programmatic selection; assessing the relationships between different types of assessment; identifying and addressing underperformance; and designing new learning environments and approaches.
Studies within this theme focus on:
- selection into medical and dental school, and postgraduate training
- widening access/increasing diversity
- predicting performance
- teaching and learning in simulated environments
- evaluating educational initiatives
Key publications:
- Patterson F, Knight A, Dowell J, Nicholson S, Cleland JA. How effective are selection methods in medical education? A systematic review. Medical Education, 2016: 50: 36-60.
- Cleland JA, Walker K, Gale M, Nicol LJ. Simulation-based education: Understanding the complexity of a surgical training “Boot Camp”. Medical Education, 2016: 50: 829–841. This paper won the inaugural Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES) Award for Best Research in Medical Simulation, 2016.
- Nicholson S, Cleland JA. “It’s making contacts”: Notions of social capital and their implications for medical selection and education. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017; 22:477–490.
- Schreurs, S, Cleutjens, K, Collares, CF, Cleland, J & Oude Egbrink, 'Opening the black box of selection', Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2020; 25: 363-382.