1Professor and HOD, Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab
2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab
3Professor and HOD, Department of Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Brown Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
4Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab
5Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Christian Medical College, Brown Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
6Professor and HOD, Department of Medical Education, Christian Medical College, Brown Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Assessment is an integral part of medical education. Traditional method of assessment has many pitfalls for example subjectivity of the paper setter.
1. To plan blueprint for clinical assessment of undergraduate medical students in psychiatry. 2. To collect feedback from faculty towards the blueprinting.
This prospective study was conducted in the Dept of Psychiatry of Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana.
A blueprint was prepared for practical examination in psychiatry, and students were assessed as per the blueprint. The feedback questionnaire was administered to faculty. All faculties of the department provided their feedback. The feedback questionnaires were analysed.
All the faculty members found that assessment was in alignment with learning objectives, proper weightage was given to topics, blueprinting acts as guidance to paper construction, it increases validity of exams, and it should be integral part of assessment. 80% faculty agreed that in-depth knowledge of students was tested by new assessment method.
Blueprint for clinical assessment of undergraduate students in psychiatry was prepared and implemented successfully.
Blueprint, Psychiatry, Knowledge assessment, Undergraduate education, Medical education, Feedback
