Performance of students in the final examination in paediatrics: importance of the "short cases".

Full Abstract

AIMS:
To determine which component of the final examination in paediatrics at Kuwait University best predicted the final outcome.

METHODS:
The performance of 356 medical students in the short cases, the long case, multiple choice questions (MCQs), and the essay components of the final examination in paediatrics at Kuwait University was correlated with the final grade, and the mean difference between each component and the final score calculated.

RESULTS:
The correlation was highest for the short cases, followed by MCQs, the long case, and essays. The mean difference between the final score and that of short cases was not significant, but was highly significant for the other components.

CONCLUSION:
Results show that performance in the short cases component of the final examination in paediatrics is a better discriminator of competence than that in the long case.

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Author information

Author/s: Hijazi, Z (Z); Premadasa, I G (IG); Moussa, M A A (MA);

Affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. zeinat(-atsign-)hsc.kuniv.edu.kw

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Archives of disease in childhood (Arch Dis Child), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 86 (issue 1) : pp 57-8

Dates: Created 2002/01/24; Completed 2002/02/19; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 11806887, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Achievement
Chi-Square Distribution
Clinical Clerkship - standards
Clinical Competence - standards
Educational Measurement - methods
Female

Female
Humans
Kuwait
Male
Pediatrics - education
Reproducibility of Results

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