Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32974407›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2020

Status Quo of Progress Testing in Veterinary Medical Education and Lessons Learned.

Lisa Herrmann, Christina Beitz-Radzio, Dora Bernigau, Stephan Birk, Jan P Ehlers, Birte Pfeiffer-Morhenn, Ingrid Preusche, Andrea Tipold, Elisabeth Schaper

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Lisa HerrmannCentre for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research (ZELDA), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hanover, Germany.
Christina Beitz-RadzioFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich, Germany.
Dora BernigauFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Stephan BirkFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jan P EhlersDidactics and Educational Research in Health Science, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany.
Birte Pfeiffer-MorhennVeterinary Medical Faculty of Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Ingrid PreuscheCentre for Study Affairs, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Vetmeduni Vienna), Vienna, Austria.
Andrea TipoldSmall Animal Clinic, Neurology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hanover, Germany.
Elisabeth SchaperCentre for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research (ZELDA), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hanover, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progress testing is an assessment tool for longitudinal measurement of increase in knowledge of a specific group, e.g., students, which is well-known in medical education. This article gives an overview of progress testing in veterinary education with a focus on the progress test of the German-speaking countries. The "progress test veterinary medicine" (PTT) was developed in 2013 as part of a project by the Competence Centre for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research in Veterinary Medicine-a project cooperation of all German-speaking institutes for veterinary medicine in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. After the end of the project, the PTT was still continued at six locations, at each of the five German schools for veterinary medicine and additionally in Austria. Further changes to the PTT platform and the analysis were carried out to optimize the PTT for continuing to offer the test from 2017 to 2019. The PTT is an interdisciplinary, formative electronic online test. It is taken annually and is composed of 136 multiple-choice single best answer questions. In addition, a "don't know" option is given. The content of the PTT refers to the day 1 competencies described by the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education. The platform Q-Exam® Institutions (IQuL GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) is used for creating and administrating the PTT questions, the review processes and organizing of the online question database. After compiling the test by means of a blueprint, the PTT file is made available at every location. After the last PTT in 2018, the link to an evaluation was sent to the students from four out of these six partner Universities. The 450 analyzed questionnaires showed that the students mainly use the PTT to compare their individual results with those of fellow students in the respective semester. To conclude our study, a checklist with our main findings for implementing progress testing was created.

Indexed as

curriculum evaluationday 1 competenciesE-assessmentelectronic online testfeedback instrumentslongitudinal testingmultiple choice question (MCQ)veterinary education

Identifiers

PMID32974407
PMCPMC7472598

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.