Korean J Med Educ.  2019 Dec;31(4):357-362. 10.3946/kjme.2019.145.

The outcome evaluation between two different curriculum: students' retention capacity based on comparative study in Indonesia

• Swatan JP
• Prihatanto FSI
• Rehatta NM
• Atika

• KMID: 2465592
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2019.145

Abstract

PURPOSE
To compare the outcome of two different curriculum in clinical pathology using students' retention capacity.
METHODS
A cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2017. There were two groups of students enrolled in clinical pathology course. A retention test therefore was conducted 5 months after the course had finished using 25 multiple choice questions-single best answer. Comparisons of means are determined by Mann-Whitney U-test using SPSS version 23.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, USA).
RESULTS
A total of 280 students participated in the study of a 5-month post-course evaluation, and the average for the first group (n=138) is 10.93±3.57 while the second group (n=142) average is 8.56±3.19. The difference between the first and the second group are statistically significant (p<0.00001).
CONCLUSION
The group with longer duration and more number of parallel courses had a higher retention score. Further research using retention test in different courses should be conducted to analyze which curriculum that promotes students' understanding of medical knowledge.

Keyword

Indonesia; Curriculum; Medical education; Retention

MeSH Terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Curriculum*
Education, Medical
Humans
Indonesia*
Pathology, Clinical