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: 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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Traditional versus Structural Viva Voce, a Better Tool of Oral Assessment in Biochemistry: An Educational Interventional Study [PDF]
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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Online viva voce as a formative assessment method in forensic medicine during COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Conducting online classes and assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic is not without challenges. The world of medical education is adapting online training and assessment because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
G N Pramod Kumar +3 more
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A comparative study of objectively structured and traditional viva voce for second-year MBBS students [PDF]
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 +2 more
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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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Unlocking learning: exploring take-home examinations and viva voce examinations in microbiology education for biomedical laboratory science students [PDF]
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 +2 more
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Effectiveness of problem-based learning approach for teaching-learning biostatistics among medical students [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Lecturing (didactic) has been the key teaching-learning method for a long time. As per competency-based medical education, an Indian medical graduate should be competent in recommended skills.
Anand Bihari +2 more
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Oral examinations are used as a mode of assessment of medical students. Traditional Viva voce has been used for examining student’s knowledge, basic concepts, comprehension level and also communication power in ‘question and answer’ format. The viva process can be standardized by the use of structured questions, structured mark sheet and pre-decided ...
Gargi Dangre-Mudey +3 more
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Exploring Competency-Based Anatomy Education Through Direct Observation with Checklist as Teaching-Learning and Assessment Method: Lessons Learnt Through Student Feedback [PDF]
INTRODUCTION The National Medical Commission's mandate to standardize medical education through implementing Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) has necessitated the need for robust assessment strategies aligned with desired clinical competencies ...
Jaikumar B Contractor +2 more
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