Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Association of students‘ performance in theory component and practical/viva component of final examination in physiology.

Dr. Nida Nowreen

Abstract :

Background: All around the world medical educators have used many methods for assessing learners most of which have been quite successful. In the undergraduate medical education system in India, curricular guidelines of Medical Council of India lay emphasis on methods of assessment of both knowledge and skills. The summative assessment or final examination consists of written papers, oral examination and practical exercises. Oral examinations are believed to be less reliable compared to written as they are essentially subjective in nature. Keeping this in view this study was conducted with an aim to find out the association of students’ performance in theory and practicals/viva of final examination in physiology. Materials and Methods: This record–based observational study was carried out in the Department of Physiology, G.M.C. Srinagar. Marks obtained by students (n=291), in two batches i.e.2016–17 and 2017–18, in written and in practical plus viva components of the final summative examination in physiology were collected from the academic section. Correlation between the percentage of marks in theory and practical was assessed by Pearson‘s correlation coefficient. Results: No significant relationship was found in percentage of theory marks and percentage of practical marks in the two batches Conclusion: Our study showed a lack of significant correlation between students’ performance in written and practical/viva examination. These findings demonstrate the subjective nature of oral examinations.

Keywords :

Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

Cite This Article:

ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN THEORY COMPONENT AND PRACTICAL/VIVA COMPONENT OF FINAL EXAMINATION IN PHYSIOLOGY., Dr. Nida Nowreen INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

Number of Downloads : 177

References :