Assessment to Optimize Learning Strategies: a Qualitative Study of Student and Faculty Perceptions.

Assessment to Optimize Learning Strategies: a Qualitative Study of Student and Faculty Perceptions. Teach Learn Med. 2021 Jan 13;:1-21 Authors: Wlodarczyk S, Muller-Juge V, Hauer KE, Tong MS, Ransohoff A, Boscardin C Abstract Phenomenon: The format of medical knowledge assessment can promote students' use of effective learning strategies from the learning sciences literature, such as elaboration, interleaving, retrieval practice, and distributed learning. Assessment format can also influence faculty teaching. Accordingly, our institution implemented a new assessment strategy in which pre-clerkship medical students answered weekly formative quizzes with constructed response questions (also referred to as open-ended questions) and multiple-choice questions in preparation for summative open-ended question examinations, to support students' use of recommended learning strategies. Our qualitative study explored medical student and faculty perceptions of this assessment strategy on learning and teaching. Approach: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 second-year medical students to explore their preparation for quizzes and summative examinations. We also interviewed 10 faculty responsible for writing and grading these assessments in the pre-clerkship foundational sciences curriculum regarding their approach to writing assessments and rubrics, and their perceptions of how their teaching may have changed with this assessment str...
Source: Teaching and Learning in Medicine - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Teach Learn Med Source Type: research