Ranjita Santra1, Sushobhan Pramanik2, Ananya Mandal3, Parama Sengupta3, Nina Das4, Patralekha Raychaudhuri5. 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine , Kolkata, India . 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College , Kolkata, India . 3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College , Kolkata, India . 4. Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College , Kolkata, India . 5. Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College , Kolkata, India .
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The present study was undertaken to assess whether performance in the continuous assessment method as determined by internal assessment, correlates to the final summative evaluation in 2(nd) professional MBBS students in Pharmacology for the last four years (2009-2012). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted over a period of three months at Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (West Bengal, India). It was a retrospective non-interventional record-based study based on the students' score sheets of 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology examinations. RESULTS: The strength of correlation between internal assessment marks and total summative examination was fond to be highly significant at p < 0.0001, thereby implying that continuous assessment plays a vital role in influencing the overall performance of the undergraduate medical students. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that performance in the internal assessment and final examination have a direct correlation although not completely linear, thereby indicating that other possible variables would have influenced the final result of the 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology curriculum.
OBJECTIVES: The present study was undertaken to assess whether performance in the continuous assessment method as determined by internal assessment, correlates to the final summative evaluation in 2(nd) professional MBBS students in Pharmacology for the last four years (2009-2012). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted over a period of three months at Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (West Bengal, India). It was a retrospective non-interventional record-based study based on the students' score sheets of 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology examinations. RESULTS: The strength of correlation between internal assessment marks and total summative examination was fond to be highly significant at p < 0.0001, thereby implying that continuous assessment plays a vital role in influencing the overall performance of the undergraduate medical students. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that performance in the internal assessment and final examination have a direct correlation although not completely linear, thereby indicating that other possible variables would have influenced the final result of the 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology curriculum.
Keywords:
Curriculum; Internal assessment; Medical education; Pharmacology
Authors: S C Day; J J Norcini; D Diserens; R D Cebul; J S Schwartz; L H Beck; G D Webster; T G Schnabel; A Elstein Journal: Acad Med Date: 1990-09 Impact factor: 6.893