Ayesha Sadiqa, Ambreen Khalid, Ambreen Anjum.
Appraisal of Objectively Structured Viva Voce as an Assessment Tool by the Medical Undergraduate Students through Feedback Questionnaire.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(1):53-6.

Background: The viva voce along with its own strengths and weakness has still been used frequently as one of the compulsory tool in the summative assessment of medical undergraduates in majority of Medical Institutes in Pakistan. Aims: To find out the perceptions of medical under graduate students regarding Objectively Structured Viva Voce as an assessment tool and appraise the differences in the opinion of male and female students regarding Objectively Structured Viva Voce. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at Shalamar Medical and Dental College Lahore, on 92 students (47 boys and 45 girls) of 1st and 2nd year MBBS in the month of July, 2018. Feedback in the form of questionnaire (based on 5 point Likert scale) was obtained from all the participants. The analysis of was done by using SPPS version 21, frequencies and percentages were collected and Chi-Square Test was applied. Results: About half of the participants were satisfied with the fairness of Objectively Structured Viva voce (56%). Regarding coverage of wide range of critical area through viva questions, 45% of participants were somewhat satisfied, 26.5% were very satisfied. Majority of the participants (68%) were satisfied with the level of difficulty of the viva questions and with the time provided for answering the question. Structured Viva was a stressful experience for the majority of the participants as 44.6% were very satisfied and 28.3% were somewhat satisfied. More than half of the participants (57%) think that Objectively Structured Viva highlighted their weaknesses regarding knowledge. Significantly higher number of female students were satisfied with the capability of that Viva in coverage of wide range of topics and in highlighting strengths. Conclusion: A fair majority of students showed their satisfaction regarding various aspects of Objectively Structured Viva Voce. However greater number of female students were satisfied with the competency of Structured viva voce in coverage of wide range of topics and in highlighting their strengths.

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