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Direct linkSidhu, Shawn S.; Chandra, Rohit M.; Wang, Lei; Gollan, Jacqueline K.; Rasminsky, Sonya; Brar, Simerjeet K.; Anzia, Joan M. – Academic Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: The NBME Psychiatry Subject Examination (PSE) is used throughout North America to test MS-III end-of-clerkship knowledge; yet, literature on PSE preparatory methods remains sparse. This study assesses the effect of a curriculum intervention on NBME PSE scores. Method: An optional 1.5-hour review session and accompanying…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Intervention, Psychiatry, Control Groups
Richling, John – Universities Quarterly, 1971
The rate of 69 percent failure in 1967 to approximately 18 percent 2-years later relates to the independence and objectivity of the examination system. (IR)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropouts, Failure, Higher Education
Peer reviewedVispoel, Walter P.; Hendrickson, Amy B.; Bleiler, Timothy – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2000
Evaluated the effectiveness of vocabulary computerized adaptive tests (CATs) with restricted review in a live testing setting involving 242 college students in which special efforts were made to increase test efficiency and reduce the possibility of obtaining positively biased proficiency estimates. Results suggest the efficacy of allowing limited…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Attitudes, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedBalch, William R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Argues that increased student self-assessment accuracy might result in better academic performance by allowing students to modify their exam preparation more realistically. Uses an experiment with practice examinations to demonstrate the causal link between more accurate self-assessment and performance. Notes implications for the construction of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Research, High Schools, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcGuinness, Aims C. – Journal of Medical Education, 1973
This report reviews the performance on the July 1972 ECFMG (Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates) examination and certain other characteristics of the 290 foreign medical graduates who had completed one of 3 full-time review courses prior to taking the examination. (Editor)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Medical Education
Bullard, Bonnie; Lawless, Linda; Williams, Midge; Bergstrom, Deborah – 1999
This handbook and study guide were developed as a textbook to be used as a review course for preparation for the clinical licensing examination. It presents a summary of a graduate level academic program in clinical mental health counseling. It contains 17 chapters on clinical information; 4 chapters on test taking; 2 types of sample tests; and 3…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counselors, Ethics, Graduate Study
