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Correlations between staff, peer and self assessments of fourth‐year students in surgery
Author(s) -
MORTON J. B.,
MACBETH W. A. A. G.
Publication year - 1977
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.1365-2923.1977.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - self assessment , medical education , psychology , peer group , peer assessment , medicine , pedagogy , social psychology
Summary Self, peer and staff assessments were made for 138 of 141 students, in two fourth‐year surgery classes. Self assessments were significantly lower than peer assessments, which in turn were significantly lower than staff assessments. The highest correlation was between peer and staff assessments. Students with serious psychological problems identified themselves with failing self assessments. The study stimulated interest in assessment procedures amongst staff and students and the latter responded with an assessment of teachers and courses throughout the faculty.