On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:44:03 +0100, Kelly Smith <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>I've been doing a literature search on 'retrospective evaluation' i.e.
>asking students what they think of the course (in this case a medical
>degree) some time after they've actually completed it in order to check
>things like 'do they think there were gaps in their knowledge', 'were they
>adequately prepared for their everyday work' etc.
There have been a number of such studies done, but I suspect they will not
be called retrospective. I would look under 'longitudinal studies'
or 'postgraduate surveys'. Getting your local friendly information
scientist in the library to help out would be a good idea, too.
I know, for instance, that in the US since 1978 all medical graduates are
sent a questionnaire by the Association of American Medical Colleges when
they finish that asks about educational experience as well as about student
support programs, potential problems including harassment and also gathers
information on student debt and career plans. Data is analyzed for each
school, compared across schools and then reported to each participating
school and there is an aggregated report created of all the 125
participating schools. Check it out at:
http://www.aamc.org/data/gq/
Nothing comparable is done in the UK that I know of, but Chris McManus and
others have done longitudinal studies of some aspects of medical education
and effectiveness. You might look for his name in Medical Education,
Medical Teacher and the like as a starting point.
Yours sincerely,
Jean
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Dr J McKendree
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LTSN for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine
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