Reduced Test Anxiety Among Medical Students in an Extremely Low-Stakes Examination.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Test anxiety has a deleterious effect on the academic performance of medical students. Medical educators shifted the focus of students' assessment from high-stakes examinations to low-stakes assessments to address the negative impacts of test anxiety on learning. Nevertheless, it is still uncertain whether low-stakes tests are an effective means of eliminating medical students' anxiety.

Methods

The study's objective was to examine the degree to which medical students experience anxiety in the context of an extremely low-stakes test conducted in a group-based clinical reasoning class. A total of 75 students participated in the study, and their emotional responses during the clinical reasoning session and following the test session were assessed and compared using

SUBMITTER: Ito T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12812151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature