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BLUEPRINTING

Hossam HamdyUniversity of Sharjah

2011

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WHAT Should Be Assessed?

Competencies- Patient & Population care- Knowledge- Evidence-Based Medicine- Interpersonal and communication skills- Ethics & Professionalism- Patient safety

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Blueprinting

Test content matches objectives

• Assessment matches competencies learnt

• Assessment matches format of learning, “PBL”

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Aim of Blueprinting

Reduce:A. Construct under-representation:

Biased samplingFew items covering a topic e.g. OSCE

B. Construct irrelevant variance:Flawed items formatInadequate sampling of student Behaviour.

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Domain of Interest

Test Sample

Test Sample

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Blueprinting

• Identify clinical problems / concepts / knowledge that examinees should be able to handle / explain.

• For each problem, define the clinical tasks in which the examinee is expected to be competent.

• Define level of performance / resolution

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Blueprinting

• Prepare a blueprint to guide the selection of problems to be included in the assessment.

• Let the characteristics of the clinical problems define the tasks to be included in the assessment.

Pre-Clerkship Phase – Integrated Basic Medical Science - Knowledge - Blueprint Concepts

Application

UNIT/MODULE

Inheritance,

growth &

development;

degeneration & aging

environment

& nutriti

on

Structure:

function; positional relations

hip

Homeostasis: metabolic, circulatory, acid/base & electrolyte

Body Response to trauma

Inflammation

Immune response

Neoplasia

Molecular

medicine

Investigative

procedure &

interpretation

Therapeutics

Human behavior, ethical & medico legal

principles

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UNIT VIII:Integrated Multi-System

UNIT VII:

Nervous System, Special Sense & Human Behavior

UNIT VI:

Integumentary & Muscular-Skeletal

UNIT V:

Hematopoietic & Immune Systems

UNIT IV:

Endocrine, Metabolism & Reproductive System

UNIT III:

GIT & Renal System

UNIT II:

Respiratory & CVS

UNIT I:

Concepts & Principles & Community Health

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