MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: AS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Abstract

The aims and objectives of the study was to assess the perceptions of 130 medical undergraduate students of first year MBBS  about the most accepted written assessment method i.e multiple choice questions  for formative assessment in the near future after vertical integration of teaching . Vertical integration module was followed for osteology classes in a medical college between orthopaedics and anatomy department. Thus after obtaining feedback from all the students, we concluded that multiple choice questions can be used for formative assessment and in near future it can be utilized for summative assessment too.