Analysis of human errors during trial examinations for the National Examination for Physicians: Preventive measures and educational effectiveness
- VernacularTitle:医師国家試験模擬試験におけるヒューマンエラーの実態と教育効果について
- Author:
Masahito HITOSUGI
;
Hitoshi SUGAYA
;
Hideki HIRABAYASHI
;
Tadashi SENO
;
Shuichi UEDA
;
Kazutaka SHIMODA
;
Nozomu TADOKORO
;
Hiroaki FURUTA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
examination;
inadvertent human error;
medical education;
multiple-choice question;
National Examination for Physicians
- From:Medical Education
2010;41(2):119-124
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We analyzed inadvertent human errors during 3-day trial examinations for the National Examination for Physicians. Sixth-year medical students sat for 2 different examinations consisting of 500 multiple-choice questions and chose either 1 or 2 correct answers. After the first examination, the students verified their errors and were provided with educational guidance to prevent inadvertent errors.1) More than half of the students made inadvertent errors during the examination.2)The errors occurred when the students solved questions or marked the answer sheets.3) Most of errors were either the selection of the wrong number of answer options (i.e., a 2-choice selection was required, but only 1 choice was selected) or the selection of choices that differed from the intended choices when the answer sheets were marked.4) After the students were taught how to avoid errors, the mean number of errors per examination per student decreased significantly from 2.1 to 1.0.5) To our knowledge, this is the first report to show the educational effectiveness of a method to decrease the rate of inadvertent errors during examinations.
