On this page you can find examples of various assessment methods that are used at Karolinska Institutet. More information about the method and how it has been used at Karolinska Institutet can be found on the pages that we link to below. Remember to come back to this page for the complete list.

OSCE: Objective Structured Clinical Examination involves creating a series of stations in an examination room to examine students.

Mini CEX: Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise is a modification of the traditional bedside oral examination.

Extended matching questions (EMQs) can be used to examine cognitive aspects of clinical competence

Snapps: Summarize, Narrow, Analyze, Probe, Plan and Select. It is used for formative assessment and it is a learner centered model for clinical education.

Triple jump: is a three stage method of assessment used in problem-based learning.

Continual assessment: how examination can be replaced by continual assessment. In this case-study a teacher from KI, Karin Båge, describes how she has implemented this method.

Multiple-choice tests: writing multiple choice questions can be difficult but tests can be used in both summative and formative assessment. This page will give you tips on how to write good questions.

Portfolio - A portfolio is used to give evidence to show how the student has met specified learning outcomes. It can contain many forms of assessment since it is a a collection of student’s work. In this case-study Anna Pettersson will present how physiotherapy students have used portfolios for assessment.

Team-based learning: Team-based learning (TBL) is an whole educational arrangement in which multiple choice questions are used simultaneously as summative assessment and as triggers for deep learning. The medical programme at Karolinska Institutet is introducing this model with term 1 in the Autumn 2021.

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Digital assessment: Unit for Medical Education and Technology talk about a digital examination's pilot project at KI and Åsa Wiksten, from the Dental programme talk about how they have used digital examination forms with dental students.