Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training
Assessment is a crucial part of the medical curriculum and is present throughout the duration of undergraduate training. Assessments should be planned in such a way that something should always be at stake (means the consequence of the assessment). Conducting assessments without keeping anything at...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| author | Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava |
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| description | Assessment is a crucial part of the medical curriculum and is present throughout the duration of undergraduate training. Assessments should be planned in such a way that something should always be at stake (means the consequence of the assessment). Conducting assessments without keeping anything at stake makes the students adopt a casual approach toward examination, while using the results of the assessment for promotion to the next professional year accounts for an immense amount of stress and anxiety. To conclude, both high stakes and low stakes assessments have pros and cons, and the ideal approach will be to employ them as a continuum and use a mix of them. This will significantly aid in improving the learning outcomes of the students and in the attainment of the desired competencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b2d2a10ddab414cac84c0ce6d46cd3f2022-12-22T03:43:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsMedical Journal of Babylon1812-156X2312-67602022-01-0119230130310.4103/MJBL.MJBL_13_22Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate trainingSaurabh RamBihariLal ShrivastavaPrateek Saurabh ShrivastavaAssessment is a crucial part of the medical curriculum and is present throughout the duration of undergraduate training. Assessments should be planned in such a way that something should always be at stake (means the consequence of the assessment). Conducting assessments without keeping anything at stake makes the students adopt a casual approach toward examination, while using the results of the assessment for promotion to the next professional year accounts for an immense amount of stress and anxiety. To conclude, both high stakes and low stakes assessments have pros and cons, and the ideal approach will be to employ them as a continuum and use a mix of them. This will significantly aid in improving the learning outcomes of the students and in the attainment of the desired competencies.http://www.medjbabylon.org/article.asp?issn=1812-156X;year=2022;volume=19;issue=2;spage=301;epage=303;aulast=Shrivastavaassessmentshigh stake assessmentslow stake assessmentsmedical education |
| spellingShingle | Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training Medical Journal of Babylon assessments high stake assessments low stake assessments medical education |
| title | Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training |
| title_full | Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training |
| title_short | Understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training |
| title_sort | understanding the significance of high stakes and low stakes assessments in medical undergraduate training |
| topic | assessments high stake assessments low stake assessments medical education |
| url | http://www.medjbabylon.org/article.asp?issn=1812-156X;year=2022;volume=19;issue=2;spage=301;epage=303;aulast=Shrivastava |
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