Informal Assessment in Health Professions Education

Explain how informal assessment may be an important process to use in health professions education rather than a formal assessment of individual achievement.

Identify three informal assessments that are engaging and active for such a goal – “First-year exercise science students will be able to understand the scientific concept of obesity and the body’s different body fat accumulation patterns using BMI as an indicator by the end of the semester at 85% or better.”