Medical School Assessment PDF

# Assessment in Medical School ## College of Medicine - The Arabic Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport ## Presenter - Dr/ Hoda Khalifa - Professor of Histology and Cell Biology - Vice Dean of Students' Affairs ## Welcome - A New Day.... - Make it special. ## Transfer Goal -...

# Assessment in Medical School ## College of Medicine - The Arabic Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport ## Presenter - Dr/ Hoda Khalifa - Professor of Histology and Cell Biology - Vice Dean of Students' Affairs ## Welcome - A New Day.... - Make it special. ## Transfer Goal - Understand the Academy College of Medicine’s assessment system. ## Students' Learning Outcomes - At the end of this lecture the student will be able to: - Discuss types of assessment - Correlate assessment methods with different ILO's ## Outline - What is assessment? - Why? - When (exam schedule)? - How (types of exams)? - Grading & Regulation ## What is Assessment? - The process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. ## Why? - **For the students:** - Achieving the learning objectives - Measuring performance - Diagnosing students' problems - Measuring improvement - Selecting (ranking) individuals ## When? - **Types of Exams:** - Formative Assessment - Summative Assessment ## Formative Assessment - Assessment of efforts prior to their completion for improvement. ## How To Do Formative Assessment? - Pre-reading quiz - The one-minute paper - Think-pair-share - Practical quiz - Multiple choice question - Problem-based learning (PBL) ## When? Summative Exams - **Introduction to Medical School (3 Cr)** - **Semester 1 (18 Cr)** - Cell Biology & Life Cycle (6 Cr) - Tissue Organization & Host Defense (5 Cr) - Clinical Skills 1 (2 Cr) - Medical Profession 1 (1 Cr) - Research Skills 1 (1 Cr) - **Semester 2 (21 Cr)** - Circulatory System (8 Cr) - Endocrine, Excetory & Reproductive Systems (8 Cr) - Chnical Skills 2 (3 Cr) - Medical Profession2 (1 Cr) - Research Skills 2 (1 Cr) - **Continuous Assessment:** Represents 30% - **Assignment:** Represents 10% - **Practical Exam:** Represents 20% - **Final Written Exams:** Represents 40% - **At the end of each course** ## What Do We Assess? - We assess students to find out if they have acquired the expected knowledge, skills, and attitudes. ## Competencies - Competency includes: - Knowledge and Understanding - Intellectual Skills - Clinical, Procedural, Practical and Technical Skills - Professional Attitude and Behavioral Skills - Communication Skills - General and Transferable Skills ## Design Backward - **Intended Learning Outcomes:** - Lesson - Unit - Course - Academic Program - Institution ## Deliver Forward ## How? - **Alignment with the ILO's** - Course SLOs - **Intended Learning Outcomes:** - Knowledge and Understanding - Intellectual Skills - Practical Skills - Professional Skills - Communication Skills - General and Transferable Skills - **Course Contents** - **Teaching/Learning Methods** - **Assessment Methods** ## Summative Assessment - **Written** - **Practical/Clinical** - **Projects** - **Assignment** ## Knowledge Levels - **Problem Solving:** - Combining parts to make a new whole - Judging the value of information or ideas - Breaking down information into component parts - Applying the facts, rules, concepts, and ideas - Understanding what the facts mean - Recognizing and recalling facts - **Create** - **Evaluate** - **Analyze** - **Apply** - **Understand** - **Remember** ## Objective Written Exams - **Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)** - **Extended Matching Questions** ## How MCQ items are constructed? - **Appropriately Shaped Item:** - Long Stem - **Alternatives (options or choices):** - One correct answer, and several wrong distractors. ## Did you use it before? ## How EMQ (Extended Matching Questions) are constructed? - **Built upon a theme:** - An option list (Generally more than 5, usually 8) - A lead-in statement - Three or four stems or clinical scenarios. - For each stem, the candidate should choose the most appropriate option from A-H. - If an option will be correct for more than one question, there must be a written instruction. ## Extended Matching Questions - **Theme:** Endocrine glands and hormones - **Options:** - Luteinizing hormone - Vasopressin - Calcitonin - Glucagon - Estrogen - Insulin - Testosterone - Melatonin - **Instructions:** For each statement below, select one hormone that matches the description. - **Stems:** - Secreted by the thyroid gland. - Stimulates ovulation and corpus luteum format. - Lowers blood sugar. - Secreted by pineal gland. ## Integrated Questions - The shown picture is an example of a muscle that attaches to the skeleton and is responsible for our voluntary movements. - **Hist** - Why is there - The - The - The - The - **Anatomy** - What is - - - - - **Phys** - Which - P - P - S - P - **The** - - - - ## At the end of each course ## Trust - Yourself. - You know more than you think you do. ## Is There Essay Questions? - Not in the pre- clerkship phase But short answers questions will be used ## In Clerkship Phase - **Modified essay questions MEQ:** - Constructed around a patient scenario. - The questions are revealed in a sequential manner - Resembles real-life. - Designed to test problem solving and decision making ability of students. ## How Do Professional Skills Be Examined? ## Miller’s Pyramid for Assessing Clinical Competence - **Cognition** - Performance Integrated into Practice - Demonstration of Learning - Interpretation/Application - Fact Gathering - **Behaviour** - DOES - SHOWS HOW - KNOWS HOW - KNOWS - **Expert** - Professional authenticity - **Knowledge** - **Skills** - **Attitudes** - **Novice** ## Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) ## What is in the Stations? - **1.** Identify the structures (1), (2), & (3). - Give TWO reasons to validate your identification of structure (3). - **2.** Which of the radiographs show a cervical rib? - **3.** Which of the radiographs show a mitral valve prosthesis? - **4.** Which chambers of the heart produce the shadows (1) & (2)? - What is the vertebral level of region (1)? - Structure (2) is the remnant of which embryonic structure? - Which pericardial sinus is related to the area marked (3)? - **5.** Identify the structures (4) & (5). ## Stationary Station - Show the Ulnar Nerve in the anatomical specimen ## Dynamic Station - Examine the provided urine sample for proteins ## How Does Stations' Exchange Occur? ## Assessment of NMD1000 - **Introduction To Medical Profession** - **Participation on discussion forum** - Share a comment and reply to others - End of the 2nd week - 10 Marks - **2 Written MCQ using bubble sheets** - **Included lectures** - **Exam 1:** - L7 Assessment - L8 Health care system - L10 Terminology 1 - L11 Terminology 2 - **Exam 2** - L13 - L16, L19 - L22 - **Written MCQ on bubble sheets** - Start of the 3rd week - Saturday 14/1 - **PPT and PDF** - 4th week - Saturday 21/10 - **Each exam will be 10 Q at the start of the day for students** ## It’s Exam Time - Here's a BIG GOOD LUCKI wish to you ## Grading System ## Grade (Letter) - A+ - A - B+ - B - C+ - C - D - F ## Percentage - 90-100% - 85-89.99% - 80-84.99% - 75-79.99% - 70-74.99% - 65-69.77% - 60-64.99% - Less than 60% ## Grade Points - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 0 ## Graduation Requirements - To be qualified for the Bachelor Degree in Medicine and Surgery, the candidate must successfully pass: - All program core-courses with a minimum CGPA 2.00. - All program required elective courses. - The Portfolio evaluation. - Elective courses marks are not counted in the graduation cumulative marks ## Honours - Honors are given to the student who has a GPA of at least 3.00 and has achieved the same GPA in all semesters, and was not given an F in any course during their studies. ## Penalty - **Disobeying Examination Instructions:** - Disrupting the discipline or quietness of the exam hall. For example: - Repeated talking. - Repeated showing a switched off mobile during the exam. - Repeated ringing of a mobile phone. - Oral warning for the first time only, then the student is dismissed from the exam and allocated “zero”. - **Cheating:** - Using any cheating methods. For example: - A switched-on mobile phone that contains course information. - An unauthorized paper slip, table, notes or any other means or tools with course information. - Exchanging answer or questions sheet with a colleague during the exam. - Exchanging tools with information about the subject with a colleague during the exam. - Failing to observe the required regulations for academic integrity. - The student fails the subject in question. The grades allocated to the two subsequent subjects (or the two previous ones) should be “W”. - **Offending the Invigilator or the Exam Supervision Authority:** - Offending the invigilator or the exam supervision authority whether verbally or physically. - The student fails all courses registered for this semester (all subjects “F”). The student's registration for the following semester will be suspended. The case is then forwarded to the Student Affairs Committee to determine whether the student is to continue his/her studies at the Academy or not. ## We Are With You... ## Any Questions ## Summary - **Assessment:** - Marks & Time - Formative - Summative - Domain - MCQ - OSPE - Assignment - Portfolio ## Always Remember - That your present situation is not your final destination. - The best is yet to come. ## Resources: - Morrison J. *ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Evaluation.* BMJ: British Medical Journal. 2003 Feb 15;326(7385):385. - *ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION.* Tomás de Aquino Caluyua Yambi 2018 - Amin Z, Chong YS, Khoo HE. *Practical guide to medical student assessment*. World Scientific; 2006. ## Thank You!