Psychometric Laboratory for Health Sciences The Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Leeds Institute of molecular medicine - Faculty of Medicine and Health

Psychometric Laboratory for Health Sciences

Measuring outcome in health care requires the same attention to detail, and the same quality of science as other aspects of medical care. The Psychometric Laboratory, based at the University of Leeds in the UK, provides a range of support services, including teaching, consultancy and contract work to promote such quality.

Our Mission

To ensure that health care providers, researchers and others concerned with measuring the outcome of health interventions have the skills to develop appropriate measures, or can understand and judge the quality of applications using the latest scientific approaches to measurement.

To develop approaches and skills in the assessment of undergraduate education programmes, including undergraduate medical education.

Laboratory Profile

Based within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine within the Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease at the University of Leeds in the UK, the Laboratory is staffed by academics, both from Leeds and, through visiting academics, from overseas.

The Director of the Laboratory is Professor Alan Tennant BA, PhD. An epidemiologist and health service researcher, he is concerned with the practical application of Rasch models for measurement within the health care setting.

Visiting Professor to the Laboratory is Professor David Andrich, BSc, MEd (UWA), PhD (Chic) FASSA who is Chapple Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia. He is author of Rasch models for measurement (Sage, Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Series) and over 70 journal articles and book chapters on the applications of Rasch models in social measurement.

The teaching work of the Laboratory with introductory courses available in Australia and Sweden, and in Turkey in the near future.

Contact Information

The initial contact person is Vikki Lane who is the Psychometric Programme Administrator.

Telephone +44 (0)113 3922534

Fax +44 (0)113 3922559

Postal address Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Instutute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, D Floor, Martin Wing, Great George Street, Leeds General Infirmary. LS1 3EX.

Electronic mail General Information: v.e.lane@leeds.ac.uk

Send mail to v.e.lane@leeds.ac.uk with questions or comments about this web site.

Last up-dated 24 September, 2009