Table 2.
Summary of assessment methods of mandatory medical student research programs
| Assessment methods | Reference list (alphabetically by first author) | |
|---|---|---|
| Project-based | Coursework-based* | |
| Written reports | ||
| Research article/report | Barbosa [50], Burgoyne [23], Dekker [42], Devi [24], Dress [19], Dyrbye [51], Houlden [44], Laskowitz (Stanford) [33], Mullan [21, 57], Rhyne [34], Rosenblatt [35], Sawarynski [20], Smith [46], [19, 20] | |
| Thesis | Ebbert [55], Moller [22, 56], Ogunyemi [5], Osman [25], Zee [26] | |
| Research article/report or thesis | Laskowitz (Duke) [33] | |
| Research proposal | DiGiovanni [27] | |
| Abstract | Gotterer [43], Mullan [21, 57] | |
| Self-reflection | Boninger [32], Grotter [43], Riley [18] | |
| Summaries/critical appraisal of literature | Crabtree [36], Vujaklija [54] | |
| Presentation | ||
| Presentation required but type not stated | Laskowitz (Duke) [33], Ogunyemi [5], Zee [26] | |
| Oral presentation only | Drees [19], Burgoyne [23] | |
| Poster presentation only | Devi [24], Gotterer [43], Knight [45], Mullan [21, 57], Riley [18] | |
| Either oral or poster presentation | Rhyne [34] | |
| Both oral and poster presentation | Sawarynski [20] | DiGiovanni (presentation of research proposals) [27] |
| External to medical school | ||
| Publication in peer-reviewed journal | Barbosa [50], Boninger [32] | |
| Presentation at extramural scientific conference | Boninger [32] | |
| Portfolio | ||
| Student portfolio | Riley [18], van der Akker [47] | |
| Assignments/examinations | ||
| Assignments | Dekker[42], Hunt [48], Riegelman [28] | |
| Formal test/examination | Knight [45] | Boninger[32], DiGiovanni [27], Hunt [48], Shaikh [29] |
| Peer assessment | ||
| Peer assessment of behaviours in tutorials | Hunt [48] | |
*Includes project-based programs with compulsory coursework where assessment tasks for the coursework components were stated separately (references italicised)