Courses & Workshops

Upcoming Courses

  • Workplace

    Workplace Based Assessment & Portfolios

    Designed for health professions educators who are involved in designing, implementing, and managing workplace assessment both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

  • Quality Assurance of High-stakes OSCEs

    Quality Assurance of High-stakes OSCEs

    To provide a structured framework for best practice in quality assuring high-stakes OSCEs

  • Foundations of Assessment Masterclass for Health Professions Educators

    This in-person course is designed for health professional educators who want a comprehensive introduction to evidence-based assessment principles, and also for experienced educators who would like an update on contemporary best practice in assessment.

  • Designing Systems of Assessment for Health Professional Educators

    This in-person workshop is suitable for healthcare educators who are looking to implement or review assessment in their institution, and especially for theoretical underpinnings for designing a comprehensive system of assessment.

  • Foundations of Assessment

    Foundations of Assessment

    This course is designed for health professional educators who want a comprehensive introduction to evidence-based assessment principles, and also for experienced educators who would like an update on contemporary best practice in assessment.

  • OSCE Masterclass

    OSCE Masterclass

    Our OSCE Masterclass has been specially designed for health professions educators who want to acquire a thorough grounding in the theory, design, delivery and quality assurance of OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations). It is relevant for undergraduate and postgraduate situations.

Upcoming Workshops

  • Single Best Answer

    Single Best Answer

    For participants to develop skills in SBA writing and reviewing for quality assurance and enhancement

  • Understanding Test Metrics

    Test metrics are an essential part of assessment validity and quality assurance. While it is possible to produce these metrics by using statistical packages and test software, the interpretation of the metrics is a key skill for all health professions educators.

  • Standard Setting

    This workshop is designed to provide comprehensive introduction to standard setting for written tests of knowledge. We will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of test-centred standard setting using the Angoff, Ebel and Cohen methods, applied to Single Best Answer (SBA) test items.

  • Blueprinting Workshop

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

Future HPAC Online Courses

Are there any other courses you would like HPAC to conduct. We’re currently looking into offering more short online courses, and we hope to have your feedback.