Exploring the perception of medical students and lecturers on the consequential validity of medical long case.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The long case is a historical clinical assessment method for medical students but is being phased out due to low reliability arising from the difficulty in standardization of the assessment. However, it's an educationally valuable assessment, whose consequential validity has got little attention in the literature.

Objective

The aim of the study was to explore the consequential validity of the long case as perceived by medical students and lecturers.

Methodology

The study followed an interpretivist approach utilizing qualitative methods of data collection. Data was collected through Focus Group Discussions with medical students (n = 6) as well as Key Informant Interviews with lecturers (n = 5). The qualitative data was analyzed by deductive qualitative ana

SUBMITTER: Kumakech J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12012938 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature