Employing Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation Model for the implementation of programmatic assessment in medical education delivery system in India

The use of formative assessments in the delivery of medical education is not very common in Indian settings. In-fact, it won't be wrong to state that undue importance has been given to summative assessments, with most of the assessments targeting only cognitive domain and very less emphasis on psychomotor, affective or communication domain. The best approach to make all these essential things a reality is via resorting to programmatic assessment. This approach optimizes the process of certification of any medical student and can play an immense role in accomplishing the vision of the medical education delivery system in India. In-fact, one of the most promising ways will be to consider the planning and implementation by means of adoption of ADDIE's (viz. Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) 5-steps model. In conclusion, programmatic assessment is the need of the hour and employment of ADDIE model can significantly enhance the process of implementation of the same in the medical education delivery system in India.