Sara Mortaz Hejri
Medical Education Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Standard setting in medical education: fundamental concepts and emerging challenges
The process of determining the minimum pass level to separate the competent students from those who do not perform well enough is called standard setting. A large number of methods are widely used to set cut-scores for both written and clinical examinations. There are some challenging issues pertaining to any standard setting procedure. Ignoring these concerns would result in a large dispute ...
[ 2 ] - استفاده از نمره دیسیپلینی تجمعی در بلوک‌های ادغام یافته برای جلوگیری از حذف دروس
زمینه و هدف: یکی از چالش‌های برنامه ادغام یافته، نحوه ارزیابی و نمره‌دهی آن می‌باشد. هرچند محاسبه یک نمره برای کل بلوک در راستای اهداف برنامه آموزشی ادغام یافته است، حذف سیستماتیک مطالعه دروس به ویژه درباره دیسیپلین‌هایی که ارزش واحدی کمتری دارند، نگرانی جدی ایجاد می‌کند. در مطالعه حاضر تجربه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران در زمینه ارزیابی دانشجویان در بلوک‌های ادغام یافته و نمره‌دهی آن‌ها ارایه...
[ 3 ] - مقایسه نمره حد نصاب و میزان قبولی شرکت کنندگان در آزمون عینی ساختارمند بالینی با استفاده از چهار روش مختلف تعیین استاندارد: نمره ثابت، آنگوف، رگرسیون مرزی و کوهن
زمینه و هدف: روش‌های مختلفی برای تعیین نمره حد نصاب قبولی آزمون‌ها وجود دارند اما تاکنون به ندرت برای امتحانات داخل کشور مورد استفاده قرار گرفته‌اند. ما در این مطالعه، حد نصاب قبولی آزمون عینی ساختارمند بالینی مقطع پیش کارورزی را به چهار روش نمره ثابت، آنگوف، رگرسیون مرزی و کوهن محاسبه کردیم. روشکار: برای تعیین استاندارد به روش نمره ثابت، نمره 60 (از 100) در نظر گرفته شد. برای روش آنگوف، بعد ...
[ 4 ] - Misconceptions and Integration
Introduction: Pervasive beliefs regarding curricular reformand integration have flourished among medical students, facultymembers and medical school administrators. These conceptshave extensively impacted the reform process, sometimes byresisting the reforms and sometimes by diverting the curriculumfrom its planned objectives. In the current paper, we have tried toaddress the challenges of inte...
[ 5 ] - Comparison of Academic Achievement and Educational Environment of Basic Sciences Phase of MD Program in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, before and after Curricular Reform
Introduction: Curriculum reform of MD program in Tehran University of Medical Sciences involves fundamental changes in many aspects of the program. Three years after implementation of the new curriculum, evaluation of program outcomes is necessary. The aim of this study was to compare academic achievement and educational environment of basic sciences phase of the previous curriculum with those ...
[ 6 ] - Congress Attendance Report: AMEE 2014
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[ 7 ] - Guessing in Multiple Choice Questions: Challenges and Strategies
Introduction: Guessing is one of the most challenging issues in multiple choice questions. Several strategies, such as negative scoring, have been suggested for preventing students from choosing the right answer just by chance. However, there is no general agreement on using such strategies. The aim of this study was to review the scoring methods which are used for reducing guessing, and evalua...
[ 8 ] - Setting Standard Threshold Scores for an Objective Structured Clinical Examination using Angoff Method and Assessing the Impact of Reality Chacking and Discussion on Actual Scores
Introduction: A variety of standard setting methods are used worldwide for medical examination acceptance scores while standards of most exams in our country are pre-determined fixed scores which are set without any scientific methodolgy. The aim of this study is to determine minimum pass level for a pre-internship objective structured clinical examination using Angoff method in Tehran Universi...