THE EFFECT OF ASSESSMENTS AND EXAMINATIONS ON THE LEARNING OF MEDICAL-STUDENTS
THE EFFECT OF ASSESSMENTS AND EXAMINATIONS ON THE LEARNING OF MEDICAL-STUDENTS
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2923.1983.tb00657.x
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
影响因子：
6
通讯作者：
JAEGER, K
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作者：
NEWBLE, DI;JAEGER, K
本文描述了一种情况，即最后一年评估计划的改变导致学生学习活动的变化与预期的完全相反。学生们被认为是花费了不成比例的时间学习课程的理论部分相对于实践和临床方面。由于评估和考试对学生学习行为的影响至关重要，因此有关部门制定了一项新的临床考试，该考试更清楚地反映了课程的目标。在引入新的临床考试后的3年里，在实习期间向毕业生发放问卷。还获得了变更前一年的结果。调查显示，学生们对新考试及其作为临床能力测试的有效性给予了高度评价。学生们发现，在病房为基础的学习活动的增加是在期末考试的成功至关重要。因此，新的临床考试影响了学生的学习，并成功地恢复了他们在课程的临床和理论部分之间的学习活动的平衡。
This paper describes a situation where an alteration in the final‐year assessment scheme led to changes in student learning activities which were the exact opposite of those intended. Students were seen to be spending a disproportionate amount of time studying the theoretical components of the course relative to the practical and clinical aspects. The paramount importance of the assessments and examinations in influencing student learning behaviour led the departments concerned to develop a new clinical examination which more clearly reflected the objectives of the course.A questionnaire survey was undertaken to determine how the different sections of the final assessment affected the students’ approach to studying. The questionnaire was administered to graduates during their intern year for the 3 years following the introduction of the new clinical examination. Results were also obtained for the year preceding the change. The survey showed that the students developed a high regard for the new examination and its validity as a test of clinical competence. The students found that an increase in ward‐based learning activities was essential for success in the final examinations. The new clinical examination has thus influenced students’ learning and successfully restored the balance of their learning activities between the clinical and theoretical components of the course.