Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich represented by the Medical Faculty

The Medical Faculty and the Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital in Munich are founding members of the Assessment Network next to Berlin and Heidelberg. Initial goals of the cooperation from the LMU’s point of view included intensifying interfaculty exchange to improve examination quality and interfaculty and intrafaculty cooperation through the use of a joint assessment platform.

The medical assessment landscape at the LMU Munich is characterised by a high number of examinations, students and lecturers. In addition to the Item Management System (IMS), other UCAN tools are also used. Tablet-based assessments have been conducted on a large scale since 2017 in collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In particular, new written examination formats are being tested. The introduction of tablet-based examinations has led to a significant acceleration of the evaluation and feedback processes.

In addition to the joint development of the software platform, various aspects of medical examinations were researched and published together with other UCAN partners.

Founding member of UCAN in 2005