The workshop described in this summary report is an activity hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education (IHPE), which is the largest Forum at the National Academies. With 61 members from 8 high-, middle-, and low-income countries, who represent multiple sectors drawn from 18 different health professions involved with education and practice, the Forum provides an excellent platform on which to incubate new ideas that might only be produced from such a diverse membership. For this workshop, subject matter experts presented to the Forum members their extensive research and experiences relating to assessment in the context of health professional education. These presentations added significantly to the richness of the discussions.
Like all forums and roundtables at the IOM, IHPE is not designed to provide consensus recommendations, so any advice that may be construed from this report is that of individuals whose views do not necessarily rep- resent those of the IOM. It might also be noted that as a summary report, the information provided includes only what was discussed at the work- shop and may not be representative of all views on assessment in health professional education; however, the report does provide some interesting examples and highlights some key principles that were expressed during the workshop.