CaseTrain – Konzeption und Einsatz eines universitätsweiten fallbasierten Trainingssystems

Zur Verbesserung der Qualität der Lehre wurde an der Universität Würzburg eine fakultätsübergreifende Initiative für fallbasiertes Lernen gestartet. Dazu wurde mit CaseTrain eine neue Autoren- und Ablaufumgebung entwickelt, die inzwischen erfolgreich im Einsatz ist. Durch die breite Nutzung von CaseTrain ergeben sich aber auch neue Anforderungen wie etwa der Einsatz im Übungsbetrieb und zur elektronischen Prüfung. (… Die Autoren) stellen im Folgenden den aktuellen Stand des CaseTrain-Projekts sowie die geplanten Erweiterungen vor. (DIPF/ Orig.

Acceptance of medical training cases as supplement to lectures

Introduction: Medical training cases (virtual patients) are in widespread use for student education. Most publications report about development and experiences in one course with training cases. In this paper we compare the acceptance of different training case courses with different usages deployed as supplement to lectures of the medical faculty of Wuerzburg university during a period of three semesters

Cost analysis for computer supported multiple-choice paper examinations

Introduction: Multiple-choice-examinations are still fundamental for assessment in medical degree programs. In addition to content related research, the optimization of the technical procedure is an important question. Medical examiners face three options: paper-based examinations with or without computer support or completely electronic examinations. Critical aspects are the effort for formatting, the logistic effort during the actual examination, quality, promptness and effort of the correction, the time for making the documents available for inspection by the students, and the statistical analysis of the examination results

Item format statistics and readability of extended matching questions as an effective tool to assess medical students

Testing based on multiple choice questions (MCQ) is one of the most established forms of assessment, not only in the medical field. Extended matching questions (EMQ) represent a specific type of MCQ designed to require higher levels of cognition, such as problem-solving. The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the suitability and efficiency of EMQ as an assessment method. EMQ were incorporated into the end-of-semester examination in internal medicine, in which 154 students participated, and compared with three established MCQ types. Item and examination quality were investigated, as well as readability and processing time. EMQ were slightly more difficult to score; however, both item discrimination and discrimination index were higher when compared to other item types. EMQ were found to be significantly longer and required more processing time, but readability was improved. Students judged EMQ as clearly challenging, but attributed significantly higher clinical relevance when compared to established MCQ formats. Using the Spearman-Brown prediction, only ten EMQ items would be needed to reproduce the Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.75 attained for the overall examination. EMQ proved to be both efficient and suitable when assessing medical students, demonstrating powerful characteristics of reliability. Their expanded use in favor of common MCQ could save examination time without losing out on statistical quality