Assessment of scientific thinking in basic science in the Iranian second national Olympiad.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the scientific reasoning in basic science among undergraduate medical students, we established the National Medical Science Olympiad in Iran. In this Olympiad, the drawing of a concept map was used to evaluate a student's knowledge framework; students' ability in hypothesis generation and testing were also evaluated in four different steps. All medical students were invited to participate in this program. Finally, 133 undergraduate medical students with average grades ≥ 16/20 from 45 different medical schools in Iran were selected. The program took the form of four exams: drawing a concept map (Exam I), hypothesis generation (Exam II), choosing variables based on the hypothesis (Exam III), measuring scientific thought (Exam IV). The examinees were asked to co

SUBMITTER: Azarpira N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3292993 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature