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Medical student evaluation in the absence of examinations *
Author(s) -
SIMPSON M. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1976.tb00526.x
Subject(s) - medical education , process (computing) , educational measurement , computer science , evaluation methods , psychology , mathematics education , medical physics , medicine , pedagogy , curriculum , engineering , reliability engineering , programming language
Summary Traditional examination systems achieve a high degree of pseudo‐precision, producing relatively little information that is constructively useful for student or teachers, and conveying it in the form of scores and marks that appear falsely accurate. The rationale and methodology of a structured evaluation system, in the absence of formal examinations, and based on validated self‐assessment, are described. An account of the organization and uses of such a process, and a description of some new evaluation techniques used, is based on the system currently being evolved in the McMaster University M.D. Programme.