Relationship between continous assessment and final professional examination performance of medical students in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia

Norwati, Daud and Husbani, Mohd Amin Rebuan and Myat Moe Thwe, Aung and Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff (2017) Relationship between continous assessment and final professional examination performance of medical students in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, 10 (12). pp. 51-52. ISSN 0974-3618

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Abstract

Continuous assessment used as a part of summative assessment for the final professional examination is commonly practiced in medical programmes in Malaysia. The Malaysian Medical Council allows up to 40% of the final marks taken from continuous assessment. In Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), continuous assessment contributes to 30% of the final professional examination results. Continuous assessment reflects the overall students‟ performance during clinical years (year 3, 4 and 5). To determine the relationship of the continuous assessment with the final professional examination performance (70% contribution) and the clinical component of final professional examination. Fifty-seven undergraduate medical students sat for the Professional II (final) examination for the session of 2016/2017 in Faculty of Medicine, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia. The continuous assessment mark was the average of their end of posting examinations marks. In the final professional examinations, the theory component consisted of multiple choice questions and problem based questions. The clinical component consisted of 12 interactive OSCE stations, one long case and three short cases. Their results were analysed using SPSS programme version 22. Pearson correlation test was applied to determine the correlation between continuous assessment marks and the two variables. The correlation coefficient (r) value for the final professional performance is 0.796 (p<0.001) while for the clinical component performance is 0.662 (p<0.001).There was statistically significant, excellent positive correlation between continuous assessment marks and the final professional performance. While for the clinical component performance, the correlation was good. Clinical posting marks may be used as a continuous assessment and part of summative assessment to test medical student‟s clinical competence.

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