Strides in Development of Medical Education

Effect of Some Evaluation Methods on the Consequence of Final Exam for Freshman Medical Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Kambiz Diba 1
Davood Jabbari 2
Zahra Yekta 3
Shiva Roshan-milani 4

1 PhD in Mycology, Associate Professor, Department of Mycology, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

2 MSc in Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

3 PhD in Social Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

4 PhD in Physiology, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

Abstract
Background & Objective: In Iran evaluation is one of the most important bases of medical education and one of the best criteria for the categorization of medical universities Therefore we aimed to compare some methods of evaluation for medical students Methods: The target group included all basic level medical students studying medical mycology during the fifth semester The tested methods of evaluations were: development test posttest class reports and final exam Three groups of evaluation were compared as a course plan of mycology for nine sessions Results: There was a significant direct relation between the midterm and final exam so that the increased midterm and posttest marks caused improvement in the final exam Moreover there was a relative correlation between the class reports and final exam Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that each tested continuous evaluation is able to improve the final exams

Keywords

evaluation
Medical students
Final exam
Midterm
Post
test
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Strides in Development of Medical Education
Volume 10, Issue 2
2013
Pages 211-217

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