Using peer review to distribute group work marks equitably between medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although peer assessment has been used for evaluating performance of medical students and practicing doctors, it has not been studied as a method to distribute a common group work mark equitably to medical students working in large groups where tutors cannot observe all students constantly.

Methods

The authors developed and evaluated a mathematical formulation whereby a common group mark could be distributed among group members using peer assessment of individual contributions to group work, maintaining inter-group variation in group work scores. This was motivated by community health projects undertaken by large groups of year four medical students at the National University of Singapore, and the new and old formulations are presented via application to 263 stude

SUBMITTER: Cook AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5607620 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature