Comparison of Fourth-year Comprehensive Examinations and Computer-based Testing in the Nationwide Medical and Dental Student Evaluation System

• Published in: Igaku Kyoiku / Medical Education (Japan) Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 331 - 336
• Main Authors: SHIMIZU, Kazuo, DAN, Kazuo, ADACHI, Koji, SHIMURA, Toshiro, ARAMAKI, Takumi, MIYASHITA, Tsuguhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Society for Medical Education 25.10.2004
• Subjects: comprehensive examination; computer-based testing; nationwide medical and dental student evaluation system; summative evaluatio
• ISSN: 0386-9644; 2185-0453
• DOI: 10.11307/mededjapan1970.35.331

To demonstrate the quality assurance of comprehensive examinations for fourth-year students at Nippon Medical School, scores on comprehensive examinations were compared with those on a trial of computer-based testing (CBT) of a nationwide medical and dental student evaluation system in 2003. Pearson's correlation coefficients between scores of two comprehensive examinations and the CBT score were 0.45 and 0.67, and the correlation coefficient between the average score of the two comprehensive examinations and the CBT score was 0.55. Fourth-year comprehensive examinations are useful tools for summative evaluation and prediction of CBT performance.