Blueprinting

24 May 2024 (Friday)

Blueprinting an examination

While blueprinting is a critical part of validity, test design and construction, it is often poorly understood and implemented. It holds the key to constructively mapping your tests to your curriculum outcomes, and is an essential skill to develop as a health professions educator.

This workshop is designed for healthcare educators who want to learn about, and improve their skills in, designing blueprints and test construction.

This short course will be delivered as 2 live webinars, lasting 2.5 hrs each.


In the time between the webinars, participants are expected to design blueprints, post on the Discussion Board, and engage with conversation about their blueprints.

Webinar 1

Date: 24 May 2024

Time : 0830-1100 BST (1530-1800 Singapore time)

  • Principles of test blueprinting

  • Mapping the test to your learning objectives

  • Deciding on your axes

Webinar 2

Date: 24 May 2024

Time : 1200-1430 BST (2000-2130 Singapore time)

  • Review of blueprints

  • Test construction

  • Checking on validity aspects of blueprints

Tutors:         

The expert faculty involved in these workshops will be Katharine Boursicot, and Rikki Goddard-Fuller, who have over 25 years of experience in designing blueprints, for undergraduate and postgraduate examinations, across a range of healthcare professions, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary sciences, optometry, physiotherapy and pharmacy.

Aim

  • For participants to develop skills in designing constructively aligned blueprints for examinations

Objectives

  • Explore the concepts around blueprinting, aligning assessment with the curriculum outcomes, especially in the current era of Outcomes/Competency Based Medical Education (O/CBME)

  • Learn to design blueprints for examinations

  • Learn about test construction

Fees.

Fees: SGD 600 per participant

Please note that payments via Telegraphic Transfer and Stripe will incur an administrative tax fee. HPAC does not make any income from these fees as they are levied by the respective service providers.

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Meet the Tutors

  • Professor Katharine Boursicot

    Professor Katharine Boursicot

    Managing Director
    HPAC

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  • Professor Rikki Goddard-Fuller

    Director of Christie Education

    Christie Hospitals NHS Trust / University of Manchester, UK

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