Avaliação da aprendizagem no ensino superior em saúde

Learning assessment is an important pedagogical component interconnected to teaching. Assessment supports the teacher in guiding the teaching-learning process. Based on its attributes, methods, and functions (formative, summative, and informative), assessment adds information about student performance and guides the decisions of educational institutions. This article presents basic concepts of learning assessment, integrating them historically within the context of education through pedagogical approaches, paradigms, and perspectives specifically within the health field in higher education. Reflecting on the historical changes in health higher education, it becomes evident that assessment needs to be recognized as a mechanism for regulating education while promoting and solidifying curricular restructuring.