Report of the Part II (oral or „viva“) exam in Erlangen, 25.-27.9.2009 Klaus Albegger

The importance of assessment

�� Assessment and evaluation drives the curriculaAssessment and evaluation drives the curricula

�� Motivating force for them to learnMotivating force for them to learn

�� FormativeFormative

�� SummativeSummative

�� Society has the right to know who are the competent Society has the right to know who are the competent

doctorsdoctors

�� Public accountabilityPublic accountability

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European Qualifications Framework- Principles -

� create a common reference framework which should serve

as a translation device between different qualifications

systems and their levels, whether for general and higher

education or for vocational education and training

� contributes to the wider objectives of promoting lifelong

learning and increasing the mobility of workers and learners

European Commission 2006. European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning.

Qualitiy of assessment (exams) is dependend of

•Validity

•Reliability

•Reproducible

•Standardisation

•Fair as possible

It is the visitcard of our Speciality

It is a supranational examen

It will be only accepted

Highest possible Standard

Personal Involvement of different national

societies within the EU

Standart of the Examination

Good European assessments could avoid this !