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Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands
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Internal Consistency of Medical Students’ Scores in General and Baisc Science Exams, Kerman University, Iran
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1Assistant Professor, Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Health services and honorary lecturer in London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2Researcher, Kerman University of Medical Sciences
*Corresponding Author: Researcher in Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Address: Education development center, Deputy of Education, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Jomhoori Islami Blvd, Postal code: 7618747653, Kerman, Iran Tel: 98 341 2443327 Fax: 98 341 2443327 Email: [email protected]
Published online:May 01, 2006
Article type:Research Article
Received:Mar 01, 2006
Accepted:May 01, 2006
How to Cite:Haghdoost A, Esmaeili A. Internal Consistency of Medical Students’ Scores in General and Baisc Science Exams, Kerman University, Iran. J Med Edu. 2006;9(1):e105280. doi: https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v9i1.730
Abstract
Background and purpose: Course-based assessment is a method to gather, analyze, disseminate, and use course data to improve student learning. We assessed the associations between medical students’scores in basic sciences and general courses in a university in Iran and compared these scores with their scores in comprehensive exam.Methods: We collected the scores of medical students in their courses and also in their comprehensive exam in Kerman University in eight consecutive years (1995-2002). Using a hierarchical cluster analysis and discrimination index, the internal consistency of students’ scores was assessed.Results: Generally, females were more successful. In addition, age had a strong negative correlation with academic achievement. The temporal variations in students’ achievements were more or less constant. Students’ scores in anatomy, biochemistry, histology, immunology, medical English, microbiology and physiology had the greatest discrimination indices and also stronger intra-cluster correlations.Conclusion: It seems that a cluster analysis and the discrimination index are powerful approaches to be used in a course-based assessment and to check the validity of students’ scores.
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© 2006, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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