Effect of formative assessment on documentation of pediatric physical examination by undergraduate medical students
Journal Title: Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Medical educators have serious concern about the decline in physical examination skills of undergraduate medical students. Though formative assessments act as an educational tool to improve students’ performance, data to establish their educational benefits in recording pediatric physical examination skills are lacking. This study was conducted to analyse the competency gaps in documentation of the physical examination skills and to assess the effect of formative assessment on case sheet documentation. Methodology: This comparative study was conducted on fifty undergraduate students of sixth semester undergoing paediatric clinical posting. During the first session students’ examined a standardized patient and documented the findings in a case sheet. Marks were awarded based on checklist. Feedback was provided based on the case record. The same teaching learning program was conducted in the second session and results were compared. Results: Documentation regarding Central nervous system (4.22+0.932) examination was the area of concern noted in our study.The perception of the students’ about their proficiency in various components of physical examination assessed with the questionnaire was statistically significant (p<0.001). Formative assessment had a statistically significant effect on the performance and marks of students’ (p<0.001). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that formative assessment helps identify the competency gaps and increases the proficiency in documentation of pediatric physical examination skills. Adequate frequency of formative evaluation with immediate feedback has a beneficial effect on the students’ performance.
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Arun Kumar T, Sangeeta A, Rashmi R, Jyothi S
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