Practical Activities in Anatomy: Leveling Factor for the Origin Related Contrasts Among Medical Students/Actividades Practicas en Anatomia: Factor Nivelador de los Contrastes de Origen entre los Alumnos de Medicina
Level of educational achievement and screening tests for admission to higher education are strongly correlated with socioeconomic background and the type of school of the applicant, these situations would be a performance predictor for college freshmen students. Whereas the scores to be accepted int...
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Published in | International journal of morphology Vol. 35; no. 2; p. 494 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Spanish |
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Universidad de La Frontera, Facultad de Medicina
01.06.2017
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Summary: | Level of educational achievement and screening tests for admission to higher education are strongly correlated with socioeconomic background and the type of school of the applicant, these situations would be a performance predictor for college freshmen students. Whereas the scores to be accepted into the medical career have a significant difference between the first and last selected, we wonder if there is a leveling factor that reduces the gap of origin. We analyze the performance in practical assessments and theory tests at the beginning and end of the academic year 2009 comparing the first and last selected according to the PSU score admission to medical studies at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Significant differences were observed in the performance of the first assessment of the theory of Anatomy and the final score obtained in the course, however, no significant differences in both the first practical test and practical final exam of the course. Our results suggest that the only evaluation level, which overcomes the differences of origin of the examined, are our practical tests; assessments in which the performance of the first and the last selected medical student is more homogenous. This type of practical assessments, performed on cadavers, primarily demanded experiences in our practical segment, standing by on the degree of skill or experience held by the students related to their educational institution of origin. KEY WORDS: Medical education; Medical students; Medical learning; Ecoe; Osce. Las mediciones de los logros educacionales y las pruebas de seleccion de ingreso a la educacion superior estan fuertemente correlacionadas con los antecedentes socioeconomicos y el tipo de establecimiento educacional del postulante, situacion que representaria un factor predictor del rendimiento para los alumnos de primer ano universitario. Considerando que los puntajes de ingreso para la carrera de medicina presentan una diferencia significativa entre los primeros y ultimos seleccionados, nos preguntamos si existe algun factor nivelador que reduzca esa brecha de origen. Se analiza el rendimiento en las evaluaciones practicas y pruebas teoricas, al comienzo y al final del ano academico 2009 comparando los primeros y ultimos seleccionados de acuerdo al puntaje de ingreso PSU a la carrera de medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Se observan diferencias significativas en el rendimiento de la primera evaluacion Teorica de Anatomia y en la Nota Final obtenida en el curso, en cambio, no se encuentran diferencias significativas tanto en la primera Evaluacion Practica como en el examen final practico del curso. Nuestros resultados sugieren que la unica evaluacion niveladora, que logra superar las diferencias de origen de los examinados, la constituyen nuestras pruebas practicas; evaluaciones en las cuales el rendimiento de los primeros y de los ultimos seleccionados de medicina es mas homogeneo. Este tipo de evaluaciones practicas, realizadas sobre preparaciones cadavericas, demandan fundamentalmente experiencias vividas en nuestras actividades practicas, colocandose por sobre la mayor o menor habilidad o experiencia que posea el estudiante relacionada con su establecimiento educacional de origen. PALABRAS CLAVE: Educacion medica; Estudiantes de medicina; Aprendizaje medico; Ecoe; Osce. |
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ISSN: | 0717-9367 |