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World Federation for
Medical Education (WFME)
A non-governmental organization with ties to WHO and UNESCO, the
WFME is concerned with global education and training of medical doctors
and umbrella organization for six regional associations for medical
education. . The WFME’s general objective is to strive for the highest
scientific and ethical standards in medical education and to take
initiatives with respect to new methods, tools and management of medical
education. The central office has been located at the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark since 1996, in collaboration with Lund University in
Sweden.
Written Interactive Test
Allows for assessment of clinical reasoning skills, understanding and
knowledge of clinical and basic science and application of basic science
to clinical problems. test methods such as essays and open-ended
interviews are used, providing information about the respondent's
perceptions, attitudes, feelings, and experiences. Examples of written
objective-type tests are MCQ, PMP, MEQ. Such test should be designed to
ensure that they are clinically coherent, containing questions from
different disciplines, securing an appropriate discipline balance and
ensuring that questions and answers reflect reasonable expectations of
students. However, these test methods are often subjective and may contain
rater biases. Presently, to enhance their validity and reliability, most
of above mentioned methods are computerized with the addition of various
audiovisual and holographic inputs (computer-interactive tests).