Table 4.
PDQ: 2013–2014 analysis by sub-specialty (Total number of students: 220)
| Anatomical pathology | Chemical pathology | Haematology | Immunology | Microbiology | Pharmacology | Public health | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total score possible | 13.5 (100 %) | 8 (100 %) | 12 (100 %) | 12 (100 %) | 13.5 (100 %) | 13 (100 %) | 3 (100 %) | 75 (100 %) |
| Class max score | 13.5 (100 %) | 7.5 (93.8 %) | 12 (100 %) | 12 (100 %) | 13.5 (100 %) | 13 (100 %) | 3 (100 %) | 65.17 |
| Class min score | 1 (7.4) | 0 (0 %) | 1 (8.3 %) | 0 (0 %) | 3 (22.2 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1 (33.3 %) | 17.00 |
| Mean | 10 (54.8 %) | 4.4 (55 %) | 6.5 (54.2 %) | 5.1 (42.5 %) | 9.2 (68.1 %) | 6.3 (48.2 %) | 2.69 (89.7 %) | 41.5 (55.4 %) |
| No. of students pass | 186 (84.5 %) | 156 (70.9 %) | 131 (59.6 %) | 89 (40.5 %) | 202 (91.8 %) | 103 (46.3 %) | 219 (99.5 %) | 162 (73.6 %) |
| No. of students fail | 34 (15.5 %) | 64 (29.1 % | 89 (40.4 %) | 131 (59.5 %) | 18 (8.2 %) | 117 (53.2 %) | 1 (0.5 %) | 58 (26.4 %) |
| Question type by Blooms’s taxonomy (total scores) | ||||||||
| I: simple recall (list/name) | 11 (81.5 %) | 5.5 (68.75 % | 6 (50 %) | 4.5 (37.5 %) | 10.5 (77.8 %) | 3 (23.1 %) | 3 (100 %) | 43.5 (58 %) |
| II: explain/describe | – | 2.5 (31.25 %) | – | – | – | 3 (23.15) | – | 5.5 (7.33 %) |
| III: applied | 2.5 (18.5 %) | – | 3 (25 %) | 3.5 (29.2 %) | 3 (22.2) | 7 (53.8 %) | – | 19 (25.33 %) |
| IV: interpret, problem solving | – | – | 3 (25 %) | 4 (33.3 %) | – | – | – | 7 (9.33 %) |
χ2 = 65.88 (P = <0.01, 13.28)