title: Integrating assessment innovations in medical education.
abstract: The role assessment plays in driving learning should not be underestimated. An understanding of assessment processes is clearly important for all those involved in teaching, as well as examiners and candidates. So how do we best assess learning outcomes? This article provides a balanced foundation in the theory of modern medical education for those involved in assessment at any level.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burr
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans