RESUMEN
'The assessment of students is a serious and often tragic enterprise.' The central question in assessment is 'What is one trying to assess?'. Is it factual knowledge, ability to apply and problem solve, clinical competencies or indeed other attributes? The domain being assessed requires appropriate methods. Professionals involved in examination development have identified three characteristics which all assessment methods demand: reliability, validity and feasibility. This article sets out to describe these features.
Asunto(s)
Educación en Odontología/normas , Evaluación Educacional/métodos , Actitud del Personal de Salud , Competencia Clínica , Docentes de Odontología , Humanos , Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Estudiantes de Odontología/psicología , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Reino UnidoRESUMEN
Multiple-choice questions are among the most common components of medical exams. They are potentially very reliable and are easy and accurate to mark. Their validity leaves much to be desired, however, and the common practice of negative marking is ill considered.