Impact of formative and summative assessments on 1st year physiology university exam in Medicine our experience.
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
There are two types of assessments which are used in the medical education are formative and summative assessments. The purpose of the formative assessments is to provide the feedback and improve the learning behavior of the student. The summative assessments evaluate a student’s learning progress at fixed interval of time. However, it is less known about the impact of the formative and summative assessments on overall student’s performance in final examination in concern subject. This study is intended to study the impact of formative and summative assessments on final examinations in concern subject at the end of year. A longitudinal cohort study was conducted among the first year medical students attending physiology lecturers from September 2017 to August 2018 at Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital, Telangana. The study was supported by quantitative data to address the objectives of the study. Data collected and analyzed with graphpad Prism (version 7). A total of 150 students participated in the study. The pass percentage in formative assessment (45.1%) and summative assessment was 70%. There was a significant improvement in the final examination at the end of 1st year in concern subject was 90% and statistically significant with chi-square test p < 0.0001 at 95% confidence Interval (CI) with 80% power of the study. There was a significant improvement in the student’s performance after the implementation of formative and summative assessments in outcome of final examinations at the end of 1st year. Formative assessments consolidate the learning and reinforce the learning behavior in students and help the teacher to change the plan of teaching for better understanding the student. It is necessary that formative and summative assessments should be incorporated into the regular assessment system for the optimal educational output.
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Dr. Mujahid Mohammed
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