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Optimization of medical educational objectives by improving summative assessment system 

QIAO Wei-Li¹, SUN Hong¹, CAI Hong-Xing^2,*

¹Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China；²Academic Affairs Office, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China

Abstract

Summative assessment plays a decisive role in the educational assessment system, which is a yardstick to measure the cultivating goal of higher education. The rapid progress of modern society has put forward higher standard for higher medical education. Traditional summative assessment system with single dimension that focuses on evaluating the student’s learning outcome via a standardized examination cannot meet the higher requirements for undergraduate medical education. We have improved the summative assessment system by optimizing the assessment content, criteria and method, as well as teachers’ assessment skills and students’ evaluation. The reform greatly increases the teaching quality and learning effect in our university.

Key words: higher medical education; summative evaluation; educational objective

Received: 　　Accepted:

Corresponding author: 蔡红星　　E-mail: xzmccaihx@163.com

DOI: 10.13294/j.aps.2020.0076

Citing This Article：

QIAO Wei-Li, SUN Hong, CAI Hong-Xing. Optimization of medical educational objectives by improving summative assessment system . Acta Physiol Sin 2020; 72 (6): 751-756 (in Chinese with English abstract).