Being Evaluator of Peer in Physiology Practical - Does it Improve Academic Performance of Students? – A Pilot Study
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2020-06
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International Society for Contemporary Medical Research
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Introduction: In Physiology practical examination, studentsoften don’t realize what is lacking in their answers. Thispilot study makes students, the evaluator for their own peers,with guidance of key, helping them realize shortcomings inanswers of peers and in the process help to improve their ownperformance.Material and methods: Consenting first MBBS students atGovernment T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha, attended thequestionnaire based sessions; 3 Pretests each for Haematologyand Clinical experiments. Ten questions were answered aspretest by students, key discussed by investigator, alongsidestudents evaluated answer papers of their peers, later evaluatedby teacher also. Post tests were conducted and evaluated byteacher alone.Results: The average Pretest scores of students remainedsignificantly higher than teacher, in spite of guidance usingprovided key with marks distribution (Paired t test, p<0.001). Different students had attended different sessions socomparisons for improvement from Pre test to Post test wereinconclusive. Depending on session attended by student,either initial (end of section) or later (end of study) Post testor average of both was taken as Post test score. This whencompared with Pretest score of Teacher/ Student, showed nosignificant improvement.Conclusion: Peer evaluation scores by student are higher,though under guidance. As same students did not attend allthe successive pretest sessions, actual comparisons wereinconclusive and the expected improvement was not seenin post test scores. So before and after comparison for eachsession, is recommended to pursue actual improvements insuch educational studies involving peer assisted learning.
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Peer Guidance, Evaluation, Improve, Viva, Academic, Haematology, Clinical
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Sidharthan Anita, M Karthika. Being Evaluator of Peer in Physiology Practical - Does it Improve Academic Performance of Students? – A Pilot Study . International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research . 2020 Jun; 7(6): f1-f4