title: A Study on the Performance of Medical Students in Internal Assessment and its Correlates to Final Examinations of 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology Curriculum in a Medical College of Eastern India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was undertaken to assess whether performance in the continuous assessment method as determined by internal assessment, correlates to the final summative evaluation in 2(nd) professional MBBS students in Pharmacology for the last four years (2009-2012).
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted over a period of three months at Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (West Bengal, India). It was a retrospective non-interventional record-based study based on the students' score sheets of 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology examinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The strength of correlation between internal assessment marks and total summative examination was fond to be highly significant at p < 0.0001, thereby implying that continuous assessment plays a vital role in influencing the overall performance of the undergraduate medical students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study revealed that performance in the internal assessment and final examination have a direct correlation although not completely linear, thereby indicating that other possible variables would have influenced the final result of the 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology curriculum.
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine , Kolkata, India .
authors: Ranjita
authors: R
authors: Santra
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors: Sushobhan
authors: S
authors: Pramanik
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors: Ananya
authors: A
authors: Mandal
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors: Parama
authors: P
authors: Sengupta
authors: Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors: Nina
authors: N
authors: Das
authors: Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors: Patralekha
authors: P
authors: Raychaudhuri
keywords: Curriculum; Internal assessment; Medical education; Pharmacology
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