Difficulty and discrimination of the Human Ontogeny and Osteomioarticular System Exam in the medical major

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difficulty, discrimination, assessment, written exams.

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Introduction: Evaluation is the regulatory category of the teaching-learning process. The evaluative instruments must meet the minimum quality criteria.

Objective: To assess the difficulty and discrimination of the exam of the Human Ontogeny and Osteomioarticular System subject of the medical major in the School of Medical Sciences of Matanzas during three academic years.

Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out in the framework of medical education, in order to describe the structure of the exam of the Human Ontogeny and Osteomioarticular System subject, in the School of Medical Sciences of Matanzas, in the academic years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019; as well as to determine the frequency of errors, together with their level of difficulty and power of discrimination.

Results: In the exam applied during the three academic years, essay-type questions predominated. The frequency of errors per year was medium, low and high, respectively. The exams presented medium difficulty and excellent power of discrimination.

Conclusions: The studied quality indicators obtained satisfactory values for the exam of the Human Ontogeny and Osteomioarticular System subject in the School of Medical Sciences of Matanzas during the studied academic courses.

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Yasmín Rodríguez Acosta, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas

Especialista de primer grado en Medicina General Integral y Especialista de primer y segundo grado en Embriología, Máster en Atención integral a la mujer, Investigador agregado, Profesora Auxiliar del Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas.

María Elena Blanco Pereira, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas

Especialista de primer y segundo grado en Embriología, Máster en Atención integral a la mujer, Investigador agregado, Profesora Auxiliar del Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas.

Aralys Pérez García, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas

Especialista de primer grado en Medicina General Integral y en Embriología, Máster en enfermedades infecciosas, Investigador agregado, Profesora Asistente del Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas.

Marien González Fleitas, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas

Especialista de primer grado en Medicina General Integral, Residente de cuarto ano de Embriología,  Profesor Instructor del Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas.

Ketia Rocha Hernández, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas

Especialista de primer grado en Medicina General Integral, Residente de tercer ano de Embriología,  Máster en urgencias medicas, Profesor Instructor del Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas.

Felipe Hernández Ugalde, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas

Especialista de primer grado en Medicina General Integral y Medicina Interna, Especialista de segundo grado en Embriología, Máster en urgencias medicas, Investigador agregado, Profesor Asistente del Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas.

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2022-04-07

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Rodríguez Acosta Y, Blanco Pereira ME, Pérez García A, González Fleitas M, Rocha Hernández K, Hernández Ugalde F. Difficulty and discrimination of the Human Ontogeny and Osteomioarticular System Exam in the medical major. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 7 [cited 2025 Feb. 26];36(2). Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/2691

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