Evaluation of modified essay questions (MEQs) as an assessment tool in third-year medical students' modular summative assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Whether case-based modified essay questions (MEQs) are crucial to summative assessment in medical curriculum is still debatable. The current study aimed to evaluate third-year medical students' performance in case-based MEQs and multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in summative assessment in the endocrine module.

Methods

Students' scores in mid and final module MEQs and MCQs were analyzed over four successive years from 2018/2019 to 2021/2022, where comparisons were made between students' scores in MEQs and MCQs, and between scores of students of different categories. Moreover, the correlation between MEQs and MCQ scores and total grades was evaluated.

Results

The study revealed better students' performance in MCQs compared to MEQs, and this pattern persisted over the

SUBMITTER: Elsamanoudy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11654171 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature