Using peer review to distribute group work marks equitably between medical students
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Using peer review to distribute group work marks equitably between medical students
BACKGROUND Although peer assessment has been used for evaluating performance of medical students and practicing doctors, it has not been studied as a method to distribute a common group work mark equitably to medical students working in large groups where tutors cannot observe all students constantly. METHODS The authors developed and evaluated a mathematical formulation whereby a common grou...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-017-0987-z