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Effective assessment of trainees

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, St Peters Road, Margate, Kent CT9 4AN, UK. email: LMAShaw{at}aol.com

In educational terms, assessment should be a reliable, objective measure of our knowledge and abilities. Learning can be divided into different areas which, in educational terms, are called `domains'. These comprise knowledge, attitude to learning and skills. Each domain requires a different type of assessment. This article looks at how these areas of learning can be assessed in terms of medical education.

Keywords Keywords / affective domain / assessment / cognitive domain / medical education / psychomotor domain