Title

Designing Blueprints for Theoretical Assessments of the Undergraduate Medical Students in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.

Authors

Sandeep S Kadu, Ravindra B Deokar, Avinash H Waghmode, Rajendra S Bangal, Rutuja A Kanekar, Madhuri Kanitkar

Abstract

Introduction: Assessment is the one of the crucial aspects of medical education. The system for collecting and analysing assessments is the essential component of a curriculum. The most of the medical colleges and institutions adhere to the conventional tools for theory assessment. A blueprint is a systemically developed test plan or table of specifications to ensure proper weightage and content representativeness to a learning outcome in the assessment. Material and methods: The study was conducted the Blueprint taskforce team of three subject experts (One chairperson and two members) appointed from MUHS for creating a blueprint for Forensic Medicine and Toxicology subject assessment. Feedback on prevalidated questionnaire abiding five-point Likert scale was taken from twenty-one subject experts and statistical analysis was performed. Result: 90.5% positively reflected that the blueprints align competencies with their assessment objectives. 81 % faculty given feedback that blueprints will bring uniformity amongst the different paper setters in question paper setting using standard blueprints. Conclusion: Blueprints provides a proper base for assessment. It facilitates the actual execution of the CBME Curriculum for subject of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by assigning specific weightage to various content areas and helps for uniform and valid assessment of students.

Key words

Medical Education, Perceptions, Reliability and Validity, Summative assessment.

DOI

  10.59988/jfmsl.vol.33issue1.7