Aquifer Calibrate: Formative Assessment for Efficient & Effective Clinical Learning

May 25, 2022

Find out how Aquifer Calibrate, our new formative assessment system, supports students and faculty with evidence-based approaches to build more efficient, effective learners.

This webinar will cover how Calibrate:

  • Fills critical gaps in the current assessment environment
  • Uses evidence-based approaches to drive self-directed learning and identify knowledge gaps
  • Provides checkpoints throughout the clerkship to monitor progress and leverage repetitive practice
  • Reports drive student learning and help faculty detect curricular gaps and inform feedback
  • Integrates into your clerkship and enhances your use of Aquifer cases

We also explore the Calibrate Pilot Program, the application process, and how to get involved.

This webinar is ideal for faculty, deans, clerkship or course directors, and program directors at any program that is considering or has confirmed a Curricular Partner subscription for the 2022-23 subscription year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).

Table of Contents:

  • 0:00 – Welcome
  • 1:27 – Agenda
  • 3:27 – Aquifer Calibrate: Assessment for Learning
  • 6:58 – Going beyond right or wrong answers
  • 7:31 – Driving efficient self-directed learning
  • 8:09 – Informing meaningful feedback and coaching conversations
  • 8:46 – Aligning to national clerkship curriculum
  • 9:25 – Easy to adopt
  • 10:11 – What is Calibrate
  • 11:50 – When to give Calibrate assessments
  • 14:33 – Development of Calibrate
  • 17:52 – Cognitive competence
  • 19:27 – Our new metric: Clinical Learning Calibration
  • 20:31 – Reporting for students
  • 22:53 – Closing the competence gap
  • 22:23 – Inside a Calibrate powered clerkship
  • 24:18 – Reporting for faculty
  • 27:04 – What students are saying
  • 27:38 – Calibrate for coaching
  • 29:43 – How Calibrate supports the learning cycle
  • 32:46 – Support for coaching: Aquifer Peer Trainers
  • 34:11 – Integrating Calibrate into your clerkship or course
  • 38:49 – Easy Administration
  • 40:33 – Pilot Program
  • 44:51 – Q&A


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