Use of pass/fail grades in medical education - is there a case for its use in traditional eastern medicine education?
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Use of pass/fail grades in medical education - is there a case for its use in traditional eastern medicine education?
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JASA (2020), Cooper, Forrest.
Abstract
This paper reviews published research pertaining to the use of pass/fail grading in allopathic and allied healthcare medical schools. The benefits and comparisons of pass/fail grading over letter grade systems has been widely studied, given that over 50% of all allopathic medical schools in the U.S. use pass/fail to assess their preclinical students. Despite concerns that use of pass/fail grading may decrease performance in licensing exams, a number of articles indicate that such grading has little or no impact on the performance of students on the United States Medical Licensing Exam. The data also show that using pass/fail grading has many significant advantages for medical students, including decreased stress, improved wellbeing, improved group cohesion and decreased competition, a focus on mastery and deep learning, and more student satisfaction regarding their medical education. Based on this evidence, the author suggests further investigations regarding incorporation of pass/fail grading for both master's and doctoral traditional eastern medical programs.
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JASA
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English
issn
2377-3723
issue
2
page end
29
page start
26
volume
7