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. 2024 Sep 21;16(9):e69881.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.69881. eCollection 2024 Sep.

Study of Efficacy of a Novel Formative Assessment Tool: Keywords Recall

K Venkatesh  1   2 , D Muthukumar  3 , E Kamala  4 , M Muhil  1
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Study of Efficacy of a Novel Formative Assessment Tool: Keywords Recall

K Venkatesh et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Background Formative assessment is a crucial component of a Competency-Based Medical Education curriculum. Keywords are concise representations of the central ideas and themes explored within a subject. Taking a memory test evaluates knowledge as well as improves future memory. Aim and objectives This study intended to study the efficacy of the "keywords teaching" technique and "keywords recall" after a teaching-learning session as an effective tool for formative assessment and the correlation between the performance of students in summative assessments. Materials and methods Students of first-year professional faculty of medicine students 2022-23 batch attending pre-clinical (physiology) classroom lectures aged between 18-21 years belonging to both genders who consented to voluntary participation in the study were included in the study. Scores of formative sessions by multiple choice questions, keywords recall assessment tool, and summative sessions were analyzed using paired t-tests. Scores of formative assessments and summative assessments were correlated using Pearson correlation analysis. Results Analysis showed formative assessments had a significant (P < 0.05) relationship with summative assessment performance. The study indicates a positive correlation between scores for both formative and summative assessments, highlighting the importance of formative assessment in improved academic performance. Conclusion Optimal learning can be achieved by testing that emphasizes recall retrieval practice and that is repeated at intervals over time. This study suggests that "keywords recall" after a teaching-learning session is an effective tool for formative assessment.

Keywords: academic performance; competency based medical education; formative assessment; novel assessment tool; summative assessment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Human subjects: Consent was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Institutional Ethics Committee issued approval 211/TSRMMCH&RC/ME-1/2022-IEC No : 77. The research proposal submitted and presented by Dr. K. Venkatesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre was discussed and evaluated in the 33rd Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) held on 10.03.2022. The committee has approved the research project carried out in this institution within the period (March 2022 to February 2023). Animal subjects: All authors have confirmed that this study did not involve animal subjects or tissue. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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Figure 1. Summary statistics of academic performance during the study
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