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Investigating the impact of assessment strategies on medical students' learning

Abstract

Assessment in medical training has increasingly become more complex, especially after the implementation of competency-based education worldwide and Brazil with the modifications of the national guidelines, which now includes teaching competence. The increase of complexity happens in parallel with the acknowledgement of assessing not only the theoretical knowledge but also competence, skills, attitudes and behaviour. In the past years, research on assessment in medicine has developed new assessment strategies and has investigated their implementation. These new assessment strategies have considered the impact of the assessment on students' learning, for example, including feedback as part of the assessment. Also, these new assessment strategies allow graduating not only competent doctors in patient care but also doctors able to contribute to the healthcare system. Also, the assessment has a great impact on students' behaviour, guiding them in regards to what, how, when and how often to study. Therefore, assessment is key for students' learning. To investigate how assessment influence students' learning in medicine, three subprojects are proposed. The first one tries to optimise the knowledge assessment by investigating the cognitive process. The second one investigates the spacing and testing effects and their combination in students' learning. The last one investigates the psychometric properties of the 360 degrees in the context of a specific discipline. With these three subprojects, a better understanding of the impact of assessment on students' learning is expected. (AU)

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Scientific publications (6)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
HAMAMOTO FILHO, PEDRO TADAO; CECILIO-FERNANDES, DARIO; NORCIA, LUIZ FERNANDO; SANDARS, JOHN; ANDERSON, M. BROWNELL; BICUDO, ANGELICA MARIA. Reduction in final year medical students' knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from an interinstitutional progress test. FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION, v. 7, p. 8-pg., . (18/15642-1)
CECILIO-FERNANDES, DARIO; PATEL, RAKESH; SANDARS, JOHN. Using insights from cognitive science for the teaching of clinical skills: AMEE Guide No. 155. MEDICAL TEACHER, v. N/A, p. 10-pg., . (18/15642-1)
CECILIO-FERNANDES, DARIO; SANDARS, JOHN. The frustrations of adopting evidence-based medical education and how they can be overcome!. MEDICAL TEACHER, v. 43, n. 1, p. 2-pg., . (18/15642-1)
HAMAMOTO FILHO, PEDRO TADAO; BICUDO, ANGELICA MARIA; CECILIO-FERNANDES, DARIO. Preserving Cornerstones of Student's Assessment in Medical Education During COVID-19. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, v. 12, p. 3-pg., . (18/15642-1)
BASTOS, RODRIGO ALMEIDA; CARVALHO, DANIELLE RACHEL DOS SANTOS; BRANDAO, CAROLINA FELIPE SOARES; BERGAMASCO, ELLEN CRISTINA; SANDARS, JOHN; CECILIO-FERNANDES, DARIO. olutions, enablers and barriers to online learning in clinical medical education during the first year of the Covid19 pandemic: A rapid revie. MEDICAL TEACHER, v. 44, n. 2, . (20/04909-7, 20/14084-5, 20/07132-3, 18/15642-1)
CECILIO-FERNANDES, DARIO; SANDARS, JOHN. Use of self-regulated learning feedback in the acquisition of clinical skills. MEDICAL TEACHER, v. N/A, p. 1-pg., . (18/15642-1)