Impact of Criterion Versus Norm-Referenced Assessment on the Quality of Life in Korean Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students are known to be subjected to immense stress under competitive curricula and have a high risk of depression, burnout, anxiety and sleep disorders. There is a global trend of switching from norm-referenced assessment (NRA) to criterion-referenced assessment (CRA), and these changes may have influenced the quality of life (QOL), sleep phase, sleep quality, stress, burnout, and depression of the medical students. We hypothesized that there is a significant difference of QOL between CRA and NRA and that sleep, stress, burnout, and depression are the main contributors.

Methods

By administering an online survey regarding QOL and its contributors to Korean medical students, 365 responses from 10 medical schools were recorded. To clarify the complex relati

SUBMITTER: Park CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature