Table 3.
Details of qualitative student comments attributed to the formative assessments obtained from the end-of module questionnaire
| Categorization of student comments | Number of comments |
|
|---|---|---|
| First year | Second year | |
| Best aspects | ||
| Having formative assessment in anatomy | 11 | 8 |
| Aided in lecture interaction | 10 | – |
| Needed for other disciplines | 9 | 6 |
| Variety of assessment types | 6 | 3 |
| Viva | 1 | – |
| Aspects requiring improvement | ||
| Questions were not always representative of summative assessments | – | 1 |
| Viva should be placed earlier in the cycle | – | 1 |