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INNOVATIONS IN ASSESSMENT

Discover how the latest advances in technology are being applied within medical education assessment to improve teaching and learning

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Reassess the Future

Medical education is evolving and the need for new, innovative and inclusive assessment tools is more critical than ever before.

NBME is exploring how advances in areas like natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning can be applied within assessment to support educators in preparing the next generation of physicians.  

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AI in Assessment: Ethics, Innovation and Research

In this webinar, NBME researchers Victoria Yaneva, PhD and Kimberly Swygert, PhD sit down with Andrea Anderson, MD to discuss important topics related to the use of AI in assessment, including its role in advancing the measurement of skills, such as clinical reasoning and communications, and providing personalized feedback and greater facilitation of learning.

Reassess the Future Initiatives

Learn more about the projects currently underway to move medical education assessment forward and how we're working to develop new and diverse methods of evaluating students that support a more holistic view of their learning journey.

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How can medical education assessment harness recent advances in AI?

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Ask the Expert: How can research on the responsible use of NLP and AI lead to advances in medical education assessment? 

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What part can Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning play in the advancement of medical education assessment?

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Why do we need to innovate our assessments to improve how we evaluate clinical reasoning skills?

Publications by NBME Researchers

The NBME research team has published several papers on the applications of new technology within the field of medical education assessment. Click the link below to view the latest publications on this topic.