Lesson Series
Blueprinting & Item Writing for Effective Healthcare Education Assessments
How can you ensure your assessments truly reflect what your learners need to know and do? In this course, you’ll discover how to design effective, equitable, and defensible exams by mastering test blueprinting, item writing, and objective alignment. Through clear, step-by-step lessons, you’ll learn to translate curriculum goals into structured blueprints, craft high-quality multiple-choice items using best practices, and align every assessment with your learning objectives. Whether you’re new to assessments or seeking to refine your skills, this course will empower you to create exams that support meaningful learning and fair evaluation in healthcare education.
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What's Included?
Foundations & Alignment in Healthcare Assessments
Explore why assessment is the cornerstone of healthcare education and how to align your learning objectives with exams.
Developing & Using Test Blueprints
Learn how to develop and apply test blueprints in healthcare education to create assessments that are comprehensive, equitable, and support meaningful evaluation of student learning.
Writing and Improving Multiple-Choice Items
Get equipped with practical strategies for writing, analyzing, and refining multiple-choice items in healthcare assessments.
Meet the Instructor
Kimberly Varnado, PT, DPT, DHSc
Dr. Kimberly Varnado is a nationally recognized mentor, speaker, and educator in the field of healthcare education. With 20 years of clinical expertise and over 14 years in academia, Dr. Varnado has dedicated her career to advancing professional development, mentorship, and equity-driven practices in both clinical and academic settings. She has mentored Deans, Program Directors, Department Chairs, and Faculty nationwide, fostering leadership and innovation in healthcare education.
Patrick Jones - Course author