Training: Psychometrics applied to healthcare professions education
15 October 2021 @ 09:00 - 13 March 2022 @ 12:30
Date: October 15-16 (2 days), 2021
Location: Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Course leaders:
Dr. Carlos F. Collares
Prof. dr. Cees van der Vleuten
Prof. dr. Amir H. Sam
Target group: Beginners and intermediate level on psychometrics
Objective: To help medical teachers and other (healthcare) professionals interested in the field of psychometrics to understand the concepts and apply psychometric techniques in their own settings
Psychometric properties such as reliability and validity are essential components in the utility of assessment in medical education. Many medical teachers are interested in knowing more about psychometrics and how to apply psychometric analysis in their institutions. At the same time, it might be difficult for them to find the opportunity of having a course where they can learn not only the theoretical concepts of Psychometrics, but also their strengths and limitations. Furthermore, learning how to do the psychometric analyses might be a challenging task for non-psychometricians. For those reasons, EBMA now offers the new course on “Psychometrics Applied to Medical Education”, destined to non-psychometricians who wish to learn the theory and the practice of psychometrics and how it can be used in the field.
Topics that will be covered during the training:
What is psychometrics?
Validity
Reliability
Classical Test Theory
Generalizability Theory
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Item Response Theory
Advanced topics that will be available online for the participants of the training:
Computerised Adaptive Testing
Measurement invariance for bias detection
Network psychometrics
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Structural equation modeling
Many-facet Rasch model
Price: €480,-
including 2 days training by experts and lunch + coffee/tea/drinks during both days
Testimonial – Training participant
Dr. Rachmad Swarwo Bekti, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
‘I recommend to everybody who is interested in psychometric application in medical education to join the training, especially those who still knew nothing on this subject. I learned in practice of using RStudio to do essentials psychometry analysis (promptly in IRT & EFA) and practicing G-theory analysis by using most affordable software. This training has also made me confident enough to provide interpretation of any assessment result. The introduction section and practical sessions would shift the participant from novice to advance beginner status.’
Course programme:
Friday, 15 October 2021
09.00 Welcome by Prof. dr. Amir H. Sam
09.05 Introduction: what will this course add to my skills toolset?
09:20 Introduction to psychometrics: classical test theory, validity and reliability
10:30 Break
11:00 Simulation of a test review committee meeting
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Generalizability Theory
15:00 Break
15:30 Discussion of papers using generalisability theory
17:00 Practical demonstrations of classical test theory and generalisability theory analyses
17:30 End of day 1
Saturday, 16 October 2021
09:00 Factor analysis
10:30 Break
11:00 Item response theory
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Discussion of papers using item response theory and factor analysis
14:15 Practical demonstrations on how to conduct psychometric analyses using factor analysis and item response theory
15:00 Break
15:30 Presentations from participants
17:00 A glimpse on advanced psychometrics: which materials will I find in the online part of the course?
17:15 Final discussion and evaluation
17:30 End of day 2