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📊 New #Rstats tool for comparing non-nested #GDINA objects! Bootstrapped comparison of Q-matrices with different attribute structures. Includes ΔAIC, ΔBIC, ΔRMSEA, and ΔSRMSR with 95-99,9% confidence intervals. 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… #psychometrics #DCM #CDM #assessment

Thrilled to share my first editorial with CERES—APC-free, open-access journal in Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, & Medical Education. Join me in fostering inclusive, innovative research—submit your manuscripts & help shape the future of publishing! doi.org/10.62234/ceres…

LAST CHANCE!! Deadline for abstracts 23 February. EBMA 2025 Annual Conference on Assessment in Medical Education, 2-5 April 2025, Faro, Portugal. Full conference info: bit.ly/EBMA2025 Abstract submission and guidelne: bit.ly/EBMAabstracts

Just published! Inspired by the upcoming #MedEdOnTheEdge event, my latest essay explores how meaningful challenges—not just optimal difficulty calibration—may create resilient medical professionals ready for real-world complexity. Read the OA paper here: periodico.faceres.com.br/index.php/ojs/…

No Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve em Faro, onde acabei de ministrar a palestra interativa“Do Diagnóstico à Transformação: Reimaginando a Avaliação Educacional para Moldar o Futuro da Medicina.” Agora rumo a Portimão.

Marjan Govaers opens our Annual Conference with the lecture “Expanding Validity Horizons: Qualitative Research in Programmatic Assessment.”

Marjan Govaerts shares her expertise on programmatic assessment at #EBMA2025 in Faro.

Iain Robinson (Lancaster University), Johanna Louhimo (University of Helsinki) and Hipólito Nzwalo (Universidade Algarve) promoting a lively, provocative discussion about diversity, equity and inclusion in assessment with the participants of #EBMA2025.

Paul Kemp (Imperial College London) presenting his work about online open book examinations at #EBMA2025.

Salomé de Almeida (Católica Medical School) presents her work on the alignment between computerized adaptive progress testing and problem-based learning at #EBMA2025.

José Pêgo (ICVS, Universidade do Minho ) and Paata Tsagareishvili (David Tvildiani Medical University) chair our first collaborative research pitches session. As a community of practice, we seek to find common research goals and funding opportunities at #EBMA2025.

The 2025 Lesley Southgate Lecturer, @OlleTenCate, distills decades of scholarship, innovation, and wisdom on entrustment decisions at #EBMA2025.

The stage of maturity of your learning/improvement network or community of practice impacts how much difference it can make. Simon Fraser University Faculty of Science identifies three stages: 1) "Knowledge Weaving" prioritises the exchange of tacit knowledge within the network or community.

We began the day at #EBMA2025 with a round table on AI in medical education with Dario Cecilio-Fernandes (Erasmus MC), Carlos F. Collares (Universidade Algarve) and Majed Wadi (University of Dundee).

Robert Newton presents his collaboration with tuna dülgar, Kevin Brandom, and Jo Seale (University of Exeter, Exeter Med School), who have studied the role of past academic achievements and admissions data in predicting student performance in medical school.

Just published in Medical Education: "Decalogue for ensuring mediocrity of health care professions students and patient unsafety"—my satirical take on flawed educational practices with a serious call for reform. Read the Open Access paper here: doi.org/10.1111/medu.1…

Carlos F. Collares Sou escritora infantil, comprei seu livro e achei lindo, essencial. Uma vez, fazendo uma oficina infantil com meu livro, uma criança me perguntou "qual o sentido da vida".... Se eu tivesse lido seu livro eu teria suado menos.. rsrsrs

With our questions, we make the world. New editorial out: Research questions aren't just tools—they're architects of reality. Every researcher becomes a co-creator, wielding questions like brushes on the canvas. Read the Open Access paper in English, Spanish or Portuguese here: