An Analysis of the Way of Examining the Knowledge of Medical Students

Abstract

As each theoretical and practical activity is completed, an evaluation of the level of acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the medical students is required, considering the fact that the medical activity has an important applied value. The examination of medical students involves an extreme responsibility, especially in clinical disciplines where the examination is done in successive steps, the progress of which is conditioned by the admission in the previous one, and in which the examination is done in different ways depending on the particularities of the discipline. A group of students from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T Popa" from Iași, under the guidance of teaching staff analyzed from the particular perspectives of each one and from the informal feedback requested on the one hand by students to their colleagues and on the other hand by to teachers of their students, some aspects of the current assessment of theoretical and practical knowledge comparing dynamic examination during the semester with multiple choice questions (MCQ), very short answer questions (VSAQ) and a practical examination by clinical cases. The analysis involved multiple factors and for the factors that had negative scores, the group made proposals and considerations for optimization in relation to the current world trends in evaluating medical students but also in relation to local particularities.