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Research Articles

Medical student web-based formative assessment tool for renal pathology

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Article: 26765 | Received 29 Nov 2014, Accepted 10 Mar 2015, Published online: 31 Mar 2015

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Fig. 1.  A ‘hot spot’ question format is particularly useful for testing the ability to identify details on microscopic images.

Fig. 1.  A ‘hot spot’ question format is particularly useful for testing the ability to identify details on microscopic images.

Fig. 2.  Once the user selects the answer, a feedback screen is displayed to offer the result as correct or incorrect, with brief explanations.

Fig. 2.  Once the user selects the answer, a feedback screen is displayed to offer the result as correct or incorrect, with brief explanations.

Table 1 Three different quizzes are compared; one with multiple-choice type questions only, and the other two with a mix of interactive and multiple-choice questions

Table 2 Final examination scores for pathology and non-pathology questions, for students that used (‘quizzers’) and did not use (‘non-quizzers’) the online pathology quiz learning tool

Fig. 3.  Rating of the offered learning material, from poor (Citation1) to outstanding (Citation4), separated by lecture attendance habits.

Fig. 3.  Rating of the offered learning material, from poor (Citation1) to outstanding (Citation4), separated by lecture attendance habits.