Correlation between Peer Assessment Score and Final Examination Mark among IIUM First Year Medical Students
- Author:
Jamalludin AR
;
Razman MR
;
Niza S
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Peer assessment, medical students, undergraduate, team work, IIUM
- From:
The International Medical Journal Malaysia
2016;15(2):69-71
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Peer assessment has been shown to complement both formative and summative evaluations in
education and used in some medical programmes. The study was aimed to find correlation between group
work peer assessment score and final examination mark among four batches of International Islamic University
Malaysia (IIUM) first year MBBS students. Method: A set of four questions was constructed and tested to
assess students’ overall role in their group research project. The difference in distribution according to
years was tested by using one-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis, depending on the data distribution. Pearson
correlation coefficient test was done to test the linear association between peer score and final examination
mark. Partial correlation test was used to adjust the correlation for four academic years. Results: From the
analysed data of 502 students, there was moderate, significant positive correlation (0.366) between peer
assessment score and the final examination mark (P < 0.001). Adjustment to the academic years resulted in
correlation coefficient of 0.371. Conclusion: The results provide an important insight on the influence of
peers’ perception in predicting the medical student academic performance.
