Led by:

Patricia O'€™Sullivan, EdD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Research and Development in Medical Education
UCSF School of Medicine

Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd
Assistant Professor, Medicine

This session provides participants with knowledge and skills to create useful and psychometrically sound tests and test items. It provides an overview of test development process including creating a blue print, checking for alignment between learning objectives and test items, and measurement issues such as validity and reliability.

At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:

● Given a set of objectives, develop a blueprint

● Given a set of objectives, draft an assessment (e.g. multiple choice items, essay, checklist)

UCSF is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 276 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The above credit is inclusive of all UCSF Educational Skills Workshops and the Teaching Scholars Program. Credit available for this event only is 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

UCSF Educational Skills Workshops and Med Ed Grand Rounds have been approved by UCSF Rehabilitative Services for up to 7 continuing education hours per year total. Questions regarding this approval should be directed to (415) 514-6779

Course No. MGR20075.