BoE: A new UM vision on assessment: BoE members

A session for BoE members:  A new UM vision on assessment – what it means in practice

Due to popular demand, we are offering this session a second time for BoE members who could not make the previous date.

Description

In the last two years, UM has developed a new UM vision on assessment that outlines an ambition for creating more meaningful assessment that, like learning, is constructive, collaborative, contextual and self-directed, and is coordinated at a programme level.  On behalf of EDLAB and the UM taskforce for the UM vision on assessment, we would like to invite BoE members to find out more about the UM vision on assessment.  In this session, we will introduce the background and foundation for the UM vision on assessment, the process taken to develop it and (best) practice examples in UM programmes.  We will also discuss how the UM vision on assessment relates to the task and responsibilities of the BoE, and how the BoE can safeguard assessment quality.

Achieving the aims outlined in the UM vision on assessment could involve changes to assessment programmes in pre-existing degree programmes (e.g. in longitudinal trajectories of teaching activities and aligning assessment) or a curriculum redesign to fully align education and assessment (with the model of programmatic assessment as an example).  In this session, we will present examples, will respond to your questions and would also like to gather feedback from you as to what extra support you would need (for BoE members or teaching staff), in the implementation of the UM vision on assessment.

This session will be led by Sylvia Heeneman with support from Cees van der Vleuten.

About the facilitators

Prof. Sylvia Heeneman is a Professor of Medical Education at FHML where she is also programme coordinator of the Bachelor programme of the International Track of Medicine.  She has also been the chair of the Board of Examiners of the Biomedical Sciences programme since 2017.

Prof. Cees van der Vleuten has been at the University of Maastricht since 1982. In 1996 he was appointed Professor of Education and chair of the Department of Educational Development and Research at FHML. Since 2005 he has been Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education. His primary expertise is in evaluation and assessment. He has published widely in this domain, holds numerous academic awards, including several career awards.

A note about the costs
This event is fully funded from the Quality Agreements as part of our support for the implementation of the new vision on assessment and this means that BoE members can join for free.  Please note however that we have paid to develop and offer this session, so if you sign up but cannot attend, we would greatly appreciate it if you could give us at least 5 days’ notice so that we can advertise your spot to others who may be interested. Cancellation without at least 5 days’ notice or failure to show up may result in your department being charged the full cost price.

EDLAB reserves the right to postpone this event should a minimum of 6 participants not be reached.