Shrivastava Saurabh RamBihariLal, Gade Shubhada, Rawekar Alka
Deputy Director (Research and Development), Off-Campus, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Education Research, School of Higher Education and Research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2025 Apr 30;14:178. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1544_24. eCollection 2025.
In the current era, the field of public health carries immense importance, especially with regard to addressing complex global challenges. The present study has been planned with the objectives of developing and validating appropriate assessment tools for public health-related Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), assessing the utility of the validated tools in the assessment of Master of Public Health (MPH) students, and obtaining feedback from MPH students and faculty regarding the assessment process.
A single-center, prospective, interventional, pilot study will be conducted in the Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Medical College, with the study participants being MPH students over a period of 2 years. Faculty members and MPH students will be sensitized about different aspects of the study, and three EPAs (depending on their feasibility) and three corresponding appropriate assessment tools will be selected for the pilot study. Subsequently, a checklist (for Objective Structured Clinical Examination) and rubrics of milestones (For Direct Observation of Procedural Skills and Mini-Peer Assessment Tool) will be developed for the corresponding EPAs, and these assessment tools will be validated using the Delphi Method with the help of four subject experts. After each assessment, constructive feedback will be given by the assessor, students will be asked to reflect upon their performance, identify their areas of weakness, and develop shared learning goals. Finally, feedback from both faculty members and MPH students will be obtained about the overall assessment process.
The proposed study aims to assess EPAs that are essential for public health practice, ensuring that MPH students can independently perform real-world tasks. This is expected to bridge the existing educational gaps, provide insights into the shortcomings of the existing curriculum, and help educators bring about alignment between global trends and the curriculum of the MPH program.
在当今时代，公共卫生领域具有极其重要的意义，尤其是在应对复杂的全球挑战方面。本研究的规划目标是开发并验证适用于公共卫生相关可托付专业活动（EPA）的评估工具，评估经过验证的工具在公共卫生硕士（MPH）学生评估中的效用，并获取MPH学生和教师对评估过程的反馈。
将在达塔·梅格医学院社区医学系进行一项单中心、前瞻性、干预性试点研究，研究对象为MPH学生，为期2年。将让教师和MPH学生了解研究的不同方面，并为试点研究选择三个EPA（根据其可行性）和三个相应的合适评估工具。随后，将为相应的EPA制定一份清单（用于客观结构化临床考试）和里程碑式评分标准（用于程序技能直接观察和小型同伴评估工具），并借助四位学科专家通过德尔菲法对这些评估工具进行验证。每次评估后，评估者将给出建设性反馈，要求学生反思自己的表现，确定自己的薄弱环节，并制定共同的学习目标。最后，将获取教师和MPH学生对整体评估过程的反馈。
拟议的研究旨在评估公共卫生实践必不可少的EPA，确保MPH学生能够独立完成实际任务。这有望弥合现有的教育差距，深入了解现有课程的不足之处，并帮助教育工作者使全球趋势与MPH课程保持一致。
