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Computerized grading of anatomy laboratory practical examinations. Anat Sci Educ 2008;1(5):220-3

Date

01/30/2009

Pubmed ID

19177415

DOI

10.1002/ase.46

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-58449106855 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   20 Citations

Abstract

At the Medical College of Wisconsin, a procedure was developed to allow computerized grading and grade reporting of laboratory practical examinations in the Clinical Human Anatomy course. At the start of the course, first year medical students were given four Lists of Structures. On these lists, numbered items were arranged alphabetically; the items were anatomical structures that could be tagged on a given lab practical examination. Each lab exam featured an anatomy laboratory component and a computer laboratory component. For the anatomy lab component, students moved from one question station to another at timed intervals and identified tagged anatomical structures. As students identified a tagged structure, they referred to a copy of the list (provided with their answer sheet) and wrote the number corresponding to the structure on their answer sheet. Immediately after the anatomy lab component, students were escorted to a computer instruction laboratory where they typed their answer numbers into a secured testing component of a learning management system that recorded their answers for automatic grading. After a brief review of examination scores and item analysis by faculty, exam scores were reported to students electronically. Adding this brief computer component to each lab exam greatly reduced faculty grading time, reduced grading errors and provided faster performance feedback for students without changing overall student performance.

Author List

Krippendorf BB, Bolender DL, Kolesari GL

Author

Beth B. Krippendorf PhD Professor in the Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Anatomy
Computer Systems
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Educational Measurement
Feedback, Psychological
Humans
Laboratories
Schools, Medical
Wisconsin