Effectiveness of implementation of formative assessments as a part of competency-based medical education on summative assessment: A pilot study

Background: Assessment is an essential part of each and every education, which represents the learning of a student. If the assessments are performed regularly, it inspires active study habits and inevitably enhance learning. Aim and Objectives: Formative assessments, which are performed regularly,...

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Published in:National journal of physiology, pharmacy and pharmacology pharmacy and pharmacology, 2023, Vol.13 (10), p.1-866
Main Authors: Meher, Arati, Mohapatra, Dipti, Devi, Ellora, Behera, Manasi, Mishra, Tapaswini
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Background: Assessment is an essential part of each and every education, which represents the learning of a student. If the assessments are performed regularly, it inspires active study habits and inevitably enhance learning. Aim and Objectives: Formative assessments, which are performed regularly, increase the effectiveness of the learning. Hence, we aimed to observe the effectiveness of spaced formative assessments on the performance of students in summative assessments. Materials and Methods: We selected 250 first-year medical students from the 22 to 23 batch. The students were categorized into three groups on the basis of formative assessment performance. Group I did not appear in the formative assessment, Group II scored
ISSN:2320-4672
2231-3206
DOI:10.5455/njppp.2023.13.02107202303032023