Selected Response
(MCQ’s, T/F, Extended Matching)

• Efficient to administer
• Electronic delivery/scored
• Statistical quality Control
• Large sample

• Cueing (limited options)
• Moderate authenticity
• Difficult to write

• Factual knowledge
• Concepts
• Analysis
• Evaluation

Open-ended Questions/ Written assignments
(essay, SOAP notes, journals)

• Easy to create
• Electronic submission
• Searched for key words
• Assess organizational skills

• Handscored-time consuming
• Writing skill vs knowledge
• Small sample
• Consensus on ideal response

• Problem solving skills
• Creativity

Observation
(small groups, clinical, laboratory)

• Somewhat realistic
• Learner centered

• Small or accidental sample
• Intra and Inter-Rater
• reliability

• Interaction skills  
• Professional skill

Authentic Assessment
(standardized patients)

• Realistic
• Equivalent instrument
• Learner centered
• Selected sample

• Small sample
• Logistics
• Administrative cost

• Real life situations
• Problem solving skills
• Clinical hands on skills

Self-Assessment
(AIMS)

• Assess self-motivation to advance independent learning
• No scoring needed

• Monitoring time
• Small sample
• Doesn’t measure knowledge

• All of the above
• Ability to self direct