Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of unseen pretest formative assessment in improving clinical interest and final scores of final year students
Methodology: Final year medical students, in their fourth year of clinical work were divided into two groups just in the beginning. In addition to the usual clinical material, group A were provided with unseen pre-course assessment material. The B group was provided with study guide of pre-course assessment. The result was only conveyed as feedback paper. Their interest in clinical work and their performance was compared in two groups’ methods at the end of their gynecological module and at final professional exams. Observational and quantitative study
RESULTS: The performance of students of group A was far better than group B.
CONCLUSIONS: Formative Pretest assessment is a new tool used for the first time in clerkship and proves to be very effective in improving clinical performance in the form of interest and final scoring. Key point is to prepare goal directed pretest.

Key words: Pretest, SLICE, OSCE.