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Ongoing evaluation of a behavioural sciences course for medical students: uses, methods, limitations
Author(s) -
HAYES SUSAN C.,
WALKER WENDYLOUISE,
CHAN LORNA D.
Publication year - 1979
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.1365-2923.1979.tb01440.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , medical education , course (navigation) , course evaluation , psychology , evaluation methods , computer science , mathematics education , higher education , medicine , engineering , artificial intelligence , law , political science , reliability engineering , aerospace engineering
Summary This paper describes a system of ongoing student evaluation of a behavioural sciences course for medical students. Student opinion about all aspects of the course is tapped, using a variety of methods including formal and informal discussion between staff and students; and written evaluations of lectures, tutorials, textbooks, assignments, and methods of assessing students’ performance. The evolution of the evaluation programme into its present form is described, together with the way in which student evaluations are used, and the limitations of these methods of evaluating a ocurse.