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KMID : 1104220190310040357
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Korean Journal of Medical Education
2019 Volume.31 No. 4 p.357 ~ p.362
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The outcome evaluation between two different curriculum: students’ retention capacity based on comparative study in Indonesia
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Swatan Jovian Philip
Prihatanto Fundhy Sinar Ikrar
Rehatta Nancy Margarita
Atika
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Abstract
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Purpose: To compare the outcome of two different curriculum in clinical pathology using students’ retention capacity.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2017. There were two groups of students enrolled in clinical pathology course. A retention test therefore was conducted 5 months after the course had finished using 25 multiple choice questions ?single best answer. Comparisons of means are determined by Mann-Whitney U-test using SPSS version 23.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, USA).
Results: A total of 280 students participated in the study of a 5-month post-course evaluation, and the average for the first group (n=138) is 10.93±3.57 while the second group (n=142) average is 8.56±3.19. The difference between the first and the second group are statistically significant (p<0.00001).
Conclusion: The group with longer duration and more number of parallel courses had a higher retention score. Further research using retention test in different courses should be conducted to analyze which curriculum that promotes students’ understanding of medical knowledge.
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KEYWORD
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Indonesia, Curriculum, Medical education, Retention
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