Blueprinting in assessment: A tool to increase the validity of undergraduate written examinations in pathology

Written examinations are the most commonly employed method for assessment of cognitive skills in medical education. The few disadvantages of essay questions are less number of questions, limited sampling, unfair distribution of questions over topics, vague questions etc., Blueprinting overcomes these issues, increasing the validity of examinations.To describe the process of developing a blueprint for undergraduate written examinations in...