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Do student and survey characteristics affect the quality of UK undergraduate medical education course evaluation? A systematic review of the literature

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Abstract

The purpose was to investigate whether student and survey characteristics affect the quality of course evaluation in UK undergraduate medical education. The search included several databases, five journals relevant to medical education and grey literature. Twenty-one publications met entry criteria from various institutions. All included information on the main outcome response rate while there was limited information on completeness rate. The overall response rate is 88%. Being younger, female and at an earlier stage of learning resulted in a higher response rate. The lower number of questions resulted in a higher response rate. Paper-based evaluations had a higher mean response rate than online course evaluations. Courses with evaluations at the start and the end of the course resulted in the highest mean response rate of 90%. These results suggest that student and survey characteristics can affect the quality of course evaluation and thus should be considered when designing an evaluation.

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Author(s): Nicolau M, Atkinson M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Studies in Educational Evaluation

Year: 2019

Volume: 62

Pages: 92-103

Print publication date: 01/09/2019

Online publication date: 20/05/2019

Acceptance date: 16/04/2019

ISSN (electronic): 0191-491X

Publisher: Elsevier

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.04.011

DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.04.011

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