METHODOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY OF TEST TECHNOLOGIES IN ASSESSING MEDICAL STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCY

Abstract

The paper is focused on the issues associated with implementation of test assessment methods in the educational process of higher medical educational institutions. The objective of the research is to develop the cycle of test assignments and provide methodological recommendations for their integration in higher medical education. The article examines the advantages of using test methods as compared to the traditional ones for assessment of learning outcomes at higher medical educational institutions (the minimum time expense for performance and checking the results; the possibility of checking the quality of mastering knowledge in both theoretical and practical material; diversification of the learning process). It has been shown that such methods promote the cognitive activity of students and help in shaping the professional competence of future doctors. The authors have justified the methodological algorithm for the suggested system of tasks. The proposed cycle of test tasks is aimed at improving the knowledge, skills and abilities of medical students. Targeted and methodically thought-out work with test assignments at higher medical educational institutions is one of the effective ways of forming the competence of future specialists in the field of medicine and healthcare. The prospects for study consist in further in-depth research of the potential of test methodology in assessing the learning outcomes of medical students.

Keywords

• test, test control, assessment, learning outcomes, methodology