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ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM (MPH) AT THE YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM (MPH) AT THE YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. Astghik Markosyan MD, MSc Chair of Public Health and Healthcare. Assessment in Medical Education. Written Assessment (MCQ, short-answer questions, structured essays)

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ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM (MPH) AT THE YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

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  1. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM (MPH) AT THE YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Astghik Markosyan MD, MSc Chair of Public Health and Healthcare

  2. Assessment in Medical Education • Written Assessment (MCQ, short-answer questions, structured essays) • Assessments by supervising clinicians • Global ratings with comments at end of rotation • Structured direct observation with checklists for ratings • Oral examinations • Clinical simulations • Standardized patients and OSCE • High-technology simulations • Multisource (“360-degree”) assessments • Peer assessments • Patient assessments • Self-assessments • Portfolios Epstein R., N Engl J Med 2007

  3. MPH program structure at YSMU • established in 2011 within the frameworks of the “Masters Programmes in Public Health and Social Services” Tempus programme (2010-2013). • is arranged in three teaching groups: • PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE • Biostatistics, database maangement • Public health • Planning & Implementation of Health Programs • Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Programs • Quantitative and Qualitative Research methods • Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health • Management and Marketing in Healthcare • ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY • APPLIED COURSES • Social work, informatics, bioethics, English, etc.

  4. Assessment at YSMU • Before 2006 – only oral exams. • After 2006 – only written MCQ exams. MCQs: • In the middle of the module/course (50 questions). • At the end of each module/course (100 questions). • 3 types of questions: • Single best correct answer. • Single wrong answer. • Combined answers (“key”).

  5. Knowledge and application of software • MS Access • Survey – e.g. nutrition, dietary habits in winter • Creation of a database and making queries. • SPSS • Module on Quantitative Research Methods • Run a survey, create a database and work with research data

  6. Public Health Awareness Campaigns

  7. Presentations (Problem Solving module) Examples (students of 2013) • Road traffic incidents (statistics, reasons, suggestions) • Strategy for breast-feeding only for children under 6-months • Sexual education in adolescents • Decreasing neonatal mortality

  8. Master Thesis • During the last semester • Both proposal and the thesis are graded • Research topic on students’ choice • Smoking among YSMU senior year students • Incidence and structural pattern of cancer in rural population of Ararat valley • Level of vaccination in YSMU out-patient clinics • Hepatitis B antigen level among pregnant women in Yerevan

  9. Thank you!

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