School of Medicine
Special Topic Educational Skills Workshop
Test Development

Faculty:

Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Educational Research and Faculty Development

Christy Kim Boscardin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Office of Medical Education

This session provides participants with knowledge and skills to create useful and psychometrically sound tests and test items. It provides an overview of test development process including creating a blue print, checking for alignment between learning objectives and test items, and measurement issues such as validity and reliability.

At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:

• Given a set of objectives, develop a blueprint
• Given a set of objectives, draft an assessment (e.g. multiple choice items, essay, checklist)