Previously submitted to: JMIR Research Protocols (no longer under consideration since May 02, 2022)
Date Submitted: Jun 9, 2020
A Critical Appraisal of Assessment and Evaluation Reforms At Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University) From 2006 Till 2017: A Study Protocol
Background:
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences has been declared as Deemed to be University [DMIMS (DU)] under the section 3 of UGC Act, 1996 in the year 2005. The University examinations are conducted as per the rules, regulations and guidelines issued by the various Apical councils of India from time to time. The first University exam was conducted in the year 2006. DMIMS (DU) has initiated various reforms by its own in assessment and evaluation process based on needs. For any system to thrive, it needs to be constantly upgraded and critically evaluated.
Objective:
A study will be undertaken to evaluate and validate the assessment and evaluation reforms formulated and implemented at DMIMS (DU) since its inception.
Methods:
Reforms were formulated and piloted initially in Formative examination and then put forth in the Summative examination. Need analysis for the assessment and evaluation reforms will be carried out on the basis of feedbacks received from respective stakeholders (Students, Faculty and External examiners) from time to time. Outcome analysis of the Feedbacks obtained after the implementation of the assessment and evaluation reforms will be done. Further based on the outcome analysis, reforms will be validated into following parameters: Objectivity, Responsiveness, User friendliness, Residual component (not covered in above 3 parameters) and satisfactory index will be derived. If satisfactory index for reform is 100%, it will be concluded that reforms were well received.
Results:
Total 33 assessment and evaluation reforms were implemented since year 2006 which will be categorized into Pre-Examination (n=18), On Site Examination (n=05) and Post Examination (n=10) and in each category, they will be further classified into 2 academic (Total = 15) and administrative (Total = 18) on the basis of their domain for the ease of structuring and implementation.
Conclusions:
All the 33 reforms will be validated on the basis of defined parameters. They will be found satisfactory.
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