<p><strong>Background:</strong> The outbreak of the corona virus (Covid-19) poses challenges for educational institutions, especially those based on clinical practice skills. E-learning is one best solutions distance learning to protect students and teaching staff from transmission Covid-19 virus. DIII Midwifery Study Program curriculum consists 40% theory 60% practice. study ...

To assemble a high-quality test, psychometricians rely on subject matter experts (SMEs) to write items. However, SMEs are not typically given the opportunity provide input which content standards most suitable for multiple-choice questions (MCQs). In present study, we explored relationship between perceived MCQ suitability standard and associated item characteristics. Prior writing, surveyed ea...

BACKGROUND Electronic Voting Systems have been used for education in a variety of disciplines. Outcomes from these studies have been mixed. Because results from these studies have been mixed, we examined whether an EVS system could enhance a lecture's effect on educational outcomes. METHODS A cohort of 127 Year 5 medical students at the University of Adelaide was stratified by gender, residen...

Background There is considerable debate about the two most commonly used scoring methods, namely, the formula scoring (popularly referred to as negative marking method in our environment) and number right scoring methods. Although the negative marking scoring system attempts to discourage students from guessing in order to increase test reliability and validity, there is the view that it is an ...

BACKGROUND Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is an important competency for the healthcare professional. Experimental evidence of EBM educational interventions from rigorous research studies is limited. The main objective of this study was to assess EBM learning (knowledge, attitudes and self-reported skills) in undergraduate medical students with a randomized controlled trial. METHODS The educat...

nonlinear knapsack problems (nkp) are the alternative formulation for the multiple-choice knapsack problems. a powerful approach for solving nkp is dynamic programming which may obtain the global op-timal solution even in the case of discrete solution space for these problems. despite the power of this solu-tion approach, it computationally performs very slowly when the solution space of the pr...

background: evaluation of multiple-choice questions is a strategic activity and the most effective tool in educational system and improvement. in this study, the quality of some indexes of multiple-choice exams in babol para medical faculty was investigated on the basis of structure and knowledge level distribution in the first semesters of 2007 and 2012. methods: the milman checklist was used ...

Background: The teaching of the discipline of pharmacology is in constant flux. In order to meet the challenges of teaching pharmacology effectively we investigated a new teaching and learning strategy. Aim: Our aim was to investigate whether structured periodic review sessions (RS) could improve teaching and learning for students in a multidisciplinary undergraduate pharmacology module. Method...