2009 AMEE Course Schedule
The five-day FAME course is directed at those who have responsibility relating to a specific area of assessment, for example, responsibility for assessing knowledge and reasoning, assessing skills, assessing workplace performance or assessing programmes. The pre-conference sessions consist of one-and-a-half days of plenary and small group sessions. On the conference days, participants and faculty meet over lunch to review AMEE sessions attended. The course fee is £375 and all participants must be registered for the AMEE Conference.
Saturday, August 29 |
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| Location: Palacio de Ferias | ||
9:00 |
Welcome and Orientation |
Jack Boulet, PhD and Ann King, MA |
10:00 |
Theme Plenary: Test Material Development |
Dave Swanson, PhD |
10:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Test Material Development |
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12:15 |
LUNCH |
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1:00 |
Theme Plenary: Scoring and Reporting Issues |
Andre DeChamplain, PhD |
1:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Scoring and Reporting (Working groups) |
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2:45 |
Theme Plenary: Standard Setting |
Jack Boulet, PhD |
3:15 |
BREAK |
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3:30 |
Theme Plenary: Program Assessment |
Ingrid Philibert, PhD, MBA |
4:00 |
Frame Group Discussion: Standard Setting (4 working groups) |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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Sunday, August 30 |
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9:00 |
Theme Plenary: Validating Test Scores and Decisions |
Dale Dauphinee, MD |
9:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Validating Test Scores and Decisions (Working groups) |
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10:45 |
Group Discussion |
Jack Boulet, PhD and Ann King, MA |
12:00 |
Adjourn |
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Monday, August 31 |
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12:00 |
LUNCH and Frame Group Review Discussion |
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1:00 |
RECESS to AMEE Conference Sessions |
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Tuesday, September 1 |
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12:00 |
LUNCH and Frame Group Review Discussion |
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1:00 |
RECESS to AMEE Conference Sessions |
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Wednesday, September 2 |
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1:00 |
LUNCH |
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2:00 |
Frame Group Wrap-up Discussion |
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2:30 |
Frame Group Projects Review and Course Evaluation |
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4:00 |
ADJOURN |
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2009 AAMC Course Schedule
FAME is intended to be a basic-level course on educational assessment. The course is one-and-a-half days of plenary and small group sessions on test design, test development, standard setting, and scoring, and attendance at AAMC program events most relevant to the participants’ needs. The FAME course will be conducted November 7 – 11 (Saturday through Wednesday, excluding Monday). The course fee is $700 and all participants must be registered for the AAMC Annual Meeting.
Saturday, November 7 |
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9:00 |
Welcome and Orientation |
Jack Boulet, PhD and Ann King, MA |
10:00 |
Theme Plenary: Test Material Development |
Dave Swanson, PhD |
10:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Test Material Development |
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12:15 |
LUNCH |
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1:00 |
Theme Plenary: Scoring and Reporting Issues |
Andre DeChamplain, PhD |
1:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Scoring and Reporting (4 working groups) |
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2:45 |
Theme Plenary: Standard Setting |
Jack Boulet, PhD |
3:15 |
BREAK |
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3:30 |
Theme Plenary: Program Assessment |
Ingrid Philibert, PhD, MBA |
4:00 |
Frame Group Discussion: Standard Setting (4 working groups) |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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Sunday, November 8 |
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9:00 |
Theme Plenary: Validating Test Scores and Decisions |
Dale Dauphinee, MD |
9:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Validating Test Scores and Decisions |
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10:45 |
Group Discussion |
Jack Boulet, PhD and Ann King, MA |
12:00 |
Adjourn |
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Tuesday, November 10 |
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12:00 |
LUNCH and Frame Group Review Discussion |
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1:00 |
RECESS to AAMC Conference Sessions |
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Wednesday, November 11 |
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12:00 |
LUNCH and Group Wrap-up Discussion |
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12:30 |
ADJOURN |
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