A Guide to Assessment in Veterinary Medical Education

This booklet was originally developed as part of a ‘Blue Sky’ project entitled ‘Evidence Based Development of a Common Final Examination for Veterinary Undergraduates’ which was funded by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust and published in 2008. The systematic review which underpinned the work is described in Rhind et al. (2008). Since this work was published, there has been a general increase in interest in assessment methods within the veterinary education community and many relevant developments in medical education. Hence this new version includes updates and references from studies published in the interim and an expanded ‘Headlines’ section providing an overview of concepts and terminology relevant to assessment.