Ocena osiąganych efektów kształcenia przez studentów kierunku Położnictwo na studiach niestacjonarnych II stopnia

Abstract

Aim. An analysis of consistence in evaluating students’ achievements in subjects completed with an exam and included in the curriculum at the department of midwifery of part-time studies at Medical University of Warsaw (MUW). Materials and methods. The authors used examination data of 231 subjects, part-time midwifery students of the second degree at MUW between the years 2007-2012. A retrospective analysis was used for analyzing students’ achievements and learning results in eight subjects completed with an exam. In order to determine the trends in evaluating students in consecutive years, a non-parametric ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis rank test was used. Assessing the subsequent compliance of evaluation of exam subjects was performed using Kendall coefficient. Evaluation of internal validity of educational measurement was established on the basis of inter-correlation analysis and multi-dimensional regression analysis. Results. An analysis of internal compliance in evaluating students in subsequent years showed that for the vast majority of the studied subjects there was no consistency in evaluating students (Kruskal-Wallis rank ANOVA test, p < 0.005). For subsequent ranges of education, an insufficient level of educational measurement was found (Kendall coefficient = 0.11). Evaluating accuracy in the analysis of inter-correlation shows that for the eight studied subjects there are positive dependencies between the results of teaching students in individual areas of education. Confirmation of the above dependencies was also obtained in the analysis of regression. Conclusions. Low level of compliance in evaluating students in subsequent years proves that there is insufficient cohesion within the system of measuring the learning outcomes. Prognosis analysis which would include the dependent variables connected with the future of graduates should be an important element of educational system evaluation in the future.