Assessment and Evaluation- In Perspective of Medical Education

Education is the backbone of the any nation. It decides the economical and social growth of people in that country. Medical education is based on learner skills and practice. Without practice a person cannot work in this field. The aim of this paper is to describe the various assessment uses in medical education. There is huge difference in traditional and modern education. Students of 21st century are technology based so teacher must be equipping himself with technology. Now a day's word teaching is replaced by term learning. Students having already the entire subject related material in their computer or mobile. The work of teacher is to explain about the concept. During assessment of teaching, 2 methods are very familiar, which are formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment is carried out by a teacher to find the knowledge of a learner at the end of each chapter or unit. The teacher can also evaluate his class room or teaching performance after each lecture. Summative assessment is carried out at the end of semester or year to evaluate the overall performance of a candidate. It is also known as term examination or cumulative examination. Now a day's many new methods are available for teaching in medical education like demonstration, simulation. Conclusion: Clinical simulation and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) are new methods used for assessment of medical students.