Continuous Examination with Increased Student Participation in the Medical School in Uppsala

Abstract

The Study Programme in Medicine in Uppsala is in a process of radical change. The traditional curriculum is currently being changed into an integrated case-based one. This project has focused on developing a proposal for formative as well as summative assessment methods increasing the involvement of students in the educational activities. Small-group discussions, peer and self assessments, MEQ-construction, log books and other activities have been tested in the old curriculum in order to find activating methods promoting understanding and long-term retention of knowledge. Values important to the project are the assumptions that students learn with more joy and with better retention when activley involved in the learning and assessment situation in ways that also promote increased awareness of their own learning process as well as how others handle their studies.