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Enhancing medical assessment strategies: a comparative study between structured, traditional and hybrid viva-voce assessment [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
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, Sunita Tripathy, Sulekha Sinha, Bikramaditya Mukherjee, Nagamma Takkella, Elvis Vishal Dadel, Monit Sundriyal, Swetanka Prasad   +7 more
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Objective structured viva voce examination versus traditional viva voce examination - Comparison and students’ perception as assessment methods in pharmacology among second M.B.B.S students

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
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, Dimple S Mehta, Madhav D Trivedi, Tejas A Acharya, Krupal J Joshi   +4 more
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Traditional versus Structural Viva Voce, a Better Tool of Oral Assessment in Biochemistry: An Educational Interventional Study [PDF]

Journal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2021
Background & Aims: An oral examination is an essential tool of assessment of depth of knowledge and the communication skill of medical students. There are many shortcomings like examiner bias, improper time distribution, gender bias, and many more ...
Preeti Gupta
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Comparing the effectiveness of systematic recall time-based viva examination versus traditional viva examination of the 1st year medical undergraduates

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2021
Background: Viva voce is a very important tool in assessment. The traditional viva examination (TVE) is said to be biased as it is unstructured, non-transparent, and subjective.
Minal C Patel, Hasmukh D Shah, Archana S Nimbalkar, Tejas T Prajapati, Nilesh H Patel   +4 more
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A comparative study of objectively structured and traditional viva voce for second-year MBBS students [PDF]

Future of Medical Education Journal
Background: The traditional viva voce (TVV) has been criticised for its subjectivity and susceptibility to academic and non-academic biases related to both teachers and students.
Meenakshi Sharma, Amit Singh, Abhay Mudey   +2 more
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The viva voce innovation and experience at a new medical school in Rwanda [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
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, Samuel Ntaganira, Nicole Kanyana, Jean Paul Ndayizeye, Arlene Nishimwe, Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, Deogratias Ruhangaza, Abebe Moges Muche, Derbew Fikadu Berhe, Patrick Orikiriza, Daniel Seifu, Abebe Bekele   +11 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]

BMC Medical Education, 2023
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, Wisal Omer Mohamed Nabag   +1 more
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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]

Korean Journal of Medical Education
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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Perception of fourth year MBBS students about structured and traditional viva examination formats in Pathology department in CIMS Multan– An ethnographic study

Journal of Islamic International Medical College, 2022
Objective: To explore the perception and views of undergraduate medical students about the significance of structured versus traditional viva formats.
Dr Fareeha Naseer Syed, Dr Attia Sheikh, Dr Syed Atif Hussain Andrabi   +2 more
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Unlocking learning: exploring take-home examinations and viva voce examinations in microbiology education for biomedical laboratory science students [PDF]

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Many educational institutions transitioned to digital distance-based learning and assessment formats in 2020 due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.
Sophie Curbo, Annica Lindkvist, Catharina Hultgren   +2 more
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