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Benjamin Kinnear

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Open access Sep 2026

Assessment Fit for (More Than One) Purpose? Reconciling the Dual Purposes of Assessments in Competency-Based Health Professions Education

Assessments serve several purposes in competency-based medical education (CBME) and competency-based health professions education (CBHPE) programs. These purposes are commonly termed ‘assessment for learning’ and ‘assessment of learning.’ Historically, educational scholars have advised against using an assessment for m...

Michael S. Ryan, Aleda M. H. Chen, Heather Nichol et al. · Perspectives on Medical Educ... · 2 citations

Open access Sep 2026

Validity in the Era of Competency-Based Health Professions Education: Tensions and Potential Solutions

Assessment in health professions education has evolved dramatically in the past hundred years. The way in which we conceptualize validity has also required evolution, particularly in the era of competency-based health professions education (CBHPE). The CBHPE approach compels us to reexamine a historical focus on object...

Michael S. Ryan, Claire Touchie, Jason R. Frank et al. · Perspectives on Medical Educ... · 3 citations

Review Open access Sep 2026

Myths we tell ourselves about validity: A justice-oriented reckoning in medical education.

BACKGROUND Medical education has moved beyond debating whether objectivity in assessment is achievable, acknowledging that assessment is inherently subjective. Yet the pursuit of objectivity, through standardisation, bias reduction and statistical rigour, remains a cherished goal. This paper argues that this lingering...

Hannah L. Kakara Anderson, Neera R. Jain, Benjamin Kinnear et al. · Medical Education · 0 citations