Effect of Some Evaluation Methods on the Consequence of Final Exam for Freshman Medical Students

Background & Objective: In Iran evaluation is one of the most important bases of medical education and one of the best criteria for the categorization of medical universities Therefore we aimed to compare some methods of evaluation for medical students Methods: The target group included all basic level medical students studying medical mycology during the fifth semester The tested methods of evaluations were: development test posttest class reports and final exam Three groups of evaluation were compared as a course plan of mycology for nine sessions Results: There was a significant direct relation between the midterm and final exam so that the increased midterm and posttest marks caused improvement in the final exam Moreover there was a relative correlation between the class reports and final exam Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that each tested continuous evaluation is able to improve the final exams

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evaluation , Medical students , Final exam , Midterm , Post , test