Medical Students' vs. Family Physicians' Assessment of Practical and Logical Values of Pathophysiology Multiple-Choice Questions

Autor/inn/en	Secic, Damir; Husremovic, Dzenana; Kapur, Eldan; Jatic, Zaim; Hadziahmetovic, Nina; Vojnikovic, Benjamin; Fajkic, Almir; Meholjic, Amir; Bradic, Lejla; Hadzic, Amila
Titel	Medical Students' vs. Family Physicians' Assessment of Practical and Logical Values of Pathophysiology Multiple-Choice Questions
Quelle	In: Advances in Physiology Education, 41 (2017) 1, S.62-68 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1043-4046
Schlagwörter	Medical Students; Physicians; Medicine; Qualitative Research; Learning Processes; Pathology; Physiology; Science Tests; Family Practice (Medicine); Logical Thinking; Test Items; Nonparametric Statistics; Comparative Analysis; Evaluators; Statistical Significance; Multiple Choice Tests; Undergraduate Students; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Medizin; Qualitative Forschung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Pathologie; Physiologie; Test content; Testaufgabe; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Testing strategies can either have a very positive or negative effect on the learning process. The aim of this study was to examine the degree of consistency in evaluating the practicality and logic of questions from a medical school pathophysiology test, between students and family medicine doctors. The study engaged 77 family medicine doctors and 51 students. Ten questions were taken from cardiac pathophysiology and 10 questions from pulmonary pathophysiology, and each question was assessed on the criteria of practicality and logic. A nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was used to test the difference between evaluators. On the criteria of logic, only four out of 20 items were evaluated differently by students in comparison to doctors, two items each from the fields of cardiology and pulmonology. On the criteria of practicality, for six of the 20 items there were statistically significant differences between the students and doctors, with three items each from cardiology and pulmonology. Based on these indicative results, students should be involved in the qualitative assessment of exam questions, which should be performed regularly under a strictly regulated process. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01