Course Evaluation
Course Evaluation (Assessment)
- There will be in-course (card/item/term) and end-course (professional) assessment for the students in each phase (1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th phase) of the course i.e. formative
and professional examination.
- Formative assessment will be done through results of items, card and term ending examination & class attendance.
- For formative assessment, 10 % marks of written examination of each paper of each subject is allocated.
- For Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) of each paper, 20% marks are allocated. There will be separate answer script for MCQ part of examination. Total number of MCQ will be 20.
- For Short Answer Questions (SAQ) of each paper, 70% marks are allocated.
- Oral part of the examination will be structured.
- OSPE / OSCE will be used for assessing skills/competencies. Traditional long & short cases will be also used for clinical assessment.
- There will be phase final professional examination within the each academic phase.
- Eligibility for appearing in the professional examination:
Certificate from the respective head of departments regarding students obtaining at least 75% attendance in all classes (theory, practical, tutorial, residential field practice, clinical placement etc.) during the phase.
Obtaining at least 60% marks in examinations
No student shall be allowed to appear in the professional examinations unless the student passes in all the subjects of the previous professional examinations
- Pass Marks: Pass marks is 60%. Student shall have to pass written (MCQ + SAQ + formative), oral, practical and clinical examination separately.
- Examinations & Distribution of Marks:
First Professional MBBS Examination
Subject | Written Exam | Structured Oral Exam | Practical Exam Marks | Formative Exam | Total Marks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hard Part | Soft Part | ||||||
Anatomy | 180 | 150 | 75 | 75 | 20 | 500 | |
Physiology | 180 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 400 | |
Biochemistry | 180 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 400 | |
Total: | 1300 |
Second Professional MBBS Examination
Subject | Written Exam | Structured Oral Exam | Practical Exam | Formative Exam | Total Marks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Medicine | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 | |
Forensic Medicine | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 | |
Total: | 600 |
Third Professional MBBS Examination
Subject | Written Exam | Structured Oral Exam | Practical Exam | Formative Exam | Total Marks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 | |
Pathology | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 | |
Microbiology | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 | |
Total: | 900 |
Final Professional MBBS Examination
Subject | Written Exam | Structured Oral Exam | Clinical Exam | Practical Exam | Formative Exam | Total Marks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicine & Allied Subject | 180 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 500 | |
Surgery & Allied Subject | 180 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 500 | |
Gynaecology& Obstetrics | 180 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 500 | |
Total: | 1500 |
- Common Rules for Examinations:
University professional examination to be started from May and November.
University professional examinations will be completed within the specified time of the concerned phase
After passing all the subjects of First professional MBBS Examination, students can appear in 2nd professional MBBS Examinations if all other prerequisites for appearing in 2nd professional examination are fulfilled as per curriculum. Only those students who appeared in First professional MBBS Examination will be eligible to attend all classes of 2nd Phase including clinical ward placement within 02 (Two) weeks of completion of First Professional MBBS Examination.
To appear in 3rd professional examination students will have to pass all the subjects of the 2nd Professional MBBS Examination and all other prerequisites for appearing in Third Professional MBBS Examination must be fulfilled as per curriculum.
To appear 4th (Final) professional examination students have to pass all the subjects of previous 3rd professional examination if all other prerequisites are fulfilled. In the mean time students can attend clinical ward placement, teaching learning.
- Few directives and consensus about the following issues of assessment:
In case of OSPE/OSCE- Instruments/equipments to be taken to oral boards to ask open questions to the students apart from Structured Oral Examination (SOE). There will be scope of instruments related viva, especially in clinical subjects and where applicable. Central OSPE/OSCE from Dean Office after moderation will be encouraged.
b) In case of Structured Oral Examination (SOE), instead of preparing specific structured question, topics will be fixed considering wide range of contents coverage. Rating scale will be used for marking the students concurrently. Each student will be asked questions from all topics of the set. Equal or average duration of time will be set for every student.