The Effect of Pass/Fail Exam Grading on Exam Performance in a Pediatric Clerkship.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Clerkship grades are a component of determining a residency candidate's competitiveness. In 2017, the University of Minnesota Medical School's pediatric clerkship transitioned its standardized multiple-choice exam, the Aquifer Pediatrics Examination, to pass/fail with eligibility for honors being determined by clinical performance, not exam performance. We assessed the effect this change had on Aquifer exam performance and evaluated for correlation between Aquifer exam performance and clinical evaluation scores in order to gather insight into the validity of each type of assessment with respect to one another.

Methods

We analyzed de-identified data from 750 medical students between the academic years of 2016 to 2017 and 2019 to 2020. Individual Aquifer exam scores

SUBMITTER: Kahle ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10666693 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature