Background: Viva voce examination is an integral part of our assessment system. The traditional viva examination can be unstructured one. It is, therefore, essential to explore new assessment methods, which are objective, reliable, and valid.
Sunita B Chhaiya +4 more
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Effectiveness of the Structured and Conventional Methods of Viva Examination in Medical Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]
Introduction: Oral examination (viva voce) is one of the common assessment methods for medical students. Literature shows that Conventional Oral Examination (COE), is a widely adopted method and uses a consolidated scoring system.
K Anbarasi +3 more
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Developing and Implementing Structured Viva Voce Examination as a Valid and Reliable Assessment Tool in Biochemistry for First Year BDS Students [PDF]
Introduction: Traditional viva voce lacks objectivity, reliability and validity. Structured viva voce on the other hand has all these qualities. If introduced from the beginning of the course, it will impart an educational impact to the students. Aim: To
Sufia Naseem +2 more
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Structured viva validity, reliability, and acceptability as an assessment tool in health professions education: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background The viva, or traditional oral examination, is a process where the examiners ask questions and the candidate answers them. While traditional viva has many disadvantages, including subjectivity, low validity, and low reliability, it is ...
Abdelhamid Ibrahim Hassan Abuzied +1 more
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Enhancing medical assessment strategies: a comparative study between structured, traditional and hybrid viva-voce assessment [PDF]
Background Medical students’ skills and knowledge have traditionally been assessed through written and oral examinations (viva-voce). Structured viva-voce is an objective structured method to assess students orally.
Kavita Rasalkar +7 more
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Background To assess students’ knowledge, the assessment of students in dentistry has always remained a controversial topic. Student evaluations are crucial for two reasons: first, they help produce dental graduates of the highest caliber to satisfy ...
Surekha Ramrao Rathod +2 more
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Introduction: In most of the medical colleges in India, practical examination in Anatomy is conducted in the form of conventional viva-voce. Viva-voce is however limited by its lack of validity, reliability and objectivity. Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) has been proposed as objective, reliable and valid method of assessment.
S. A. Rokade, A. K. Mane
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Introduction: Exponential growth ofknowledge in the biomedical field has forced the medical educatorsfor a change from traditional to integrated curriculum and conventional assessment techniques to newerstructured techniques.
Anila Jaleel, Noreen Jaffrey
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Improving process aspect of oral examination as assessment tool in undergraduate biochemistry by introducing structured oral examination: an observational study in India based on a survey among stakeholders [PDF]
Purpose The traditional method of oral examination, though a good tool for assessing the depth and breadth of student’s knowledge, has its shortcomings. A variable number of questions with variable difficulty levels by different examiners with different ...
Rinchu Loomba, Nandita Maini Jindal
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The viva voce innovation and experience at a new medical school in Rwanda [PDF]
Background Traditional preclinical viva voce examinations have faced significant criticism due to inherent biases in their format. We developed a novel format and evaluated students’ views and experiences with it. Methods This study consists of two parts.
Charles Okot Odongo +11 more
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