title: [Assessment in Medical Education].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The assessment of medical education is fundamental for proper feedback and evaulation of students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The overall purpose of the evaluation is numerically and formatively revised. The suggested evaluation processes is described taking into account the Miller competence pyramid as a tool for designing evaluations and concepts of validity and reproducibility in assessments. The utility of student and the teacher is also raised.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The issue of assessment should leave the knowledge parameters that are usually used.
authors.affiliation: Médica anestesióloga, epidemióloga clínica, profesora asociada y directora de carrera, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: mdelgadoramirez@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Martha Delgado
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Médico psiquiatra, psicoanalista, psiquiatra de enlace, epidemiólogo clínico y profesor titular, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, y director, Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez-Restrepo
keywords: Educational measurement; Evaluación educacional; educación médica; educaction, medical; higher education institutions; instituciones de enseñanza superior; psiquiatría; psychiatry