Reproductive Immunology: Open Access

Comparative Study of Medical Education Assessment formats (Best choice questions Vs Short essay questions) and Its Impact On Medical Students.

The purpose of the research is to appraise Medical students’ outlook towards methods of medical education assessment methodology and whether the predilection has impacted the academic results. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 randomly selected medical students (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - M.B., B.S) from all accredited medical colleges from University of Karachi. The students have biased views regarding the format of assessment. Students believe BCQs are superior to online SEQs at assessing clinical concepts; 85% of students agreed that BCQs assess clinical concepts; However, only 48% believe the same about SEQs. Furthermore, the results revealed that a significant number of students 75.67% believed BCQs require a thorough studying of the course while only 52.33% of students believed the same of SEQs. Consistent with this result was that 52% preferred the format of assessment was BCQs when they had studied thoroughly.

Author(s):

Pashmeen Lakhani

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