Students as Assessors: A Novel Idea on Formative Assessment

Background & Aims of the Study: Formative assessment of a student’sacademic achievements is the basic step in any educational project. Theaims of this research were: 1) To determine the feasibility of conducting aformative assessment for medical students with their participation and 2)To determine which methods are applicable for students self-assessment.Materials and Methods: Sixteen 5th-year medical students participated inthis semi-experimental study. In each session, one of the students assessedthe others about the last subject in the way he or she wanted. In the nextsession, the students received feedback by the assessor.Results: Students used various methods to assess their classmates,including multiple-choice questions (MCQs), short open questions,random short-answer matching questions, or other methods andinstruments such as using short message service (SMS), objectivestructured clinical examination (OSCE), broadcasting a voice clipcontaining the lesson abstract, or presenting questions with power point.Conclusion: This research showed the feasibility of conducting aformative assessment for medical students with their participation.

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EducationEpidemiologyFormative AssessmentMedicineStudent