SMHS Evaluation and Biostatistics

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Services

  • Design of evaluation and research studies 
  • Statistical or psychometric measurement analysis, necessary to answer specific research questions.
  • Administration and analysis of data sets using statistical or basic software.

Academic Evaluation

  • Institutional assessment
  • Departmental assessment 
  • Progressive assessment 
  • Basic and clinical science assessment using resources from the National Board of Medical Education (NBME)
  • Use of external question banks (International Consortiums)

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Evaluation Functions 

  • Diagnostic: a review of background and requirements.
  • Placement in class/program or group based on skills.  
  • Assessment of achievement to determine whether people have reached important goals.
  • Predictive of a person’s level of achievement in future activities or prediction of one measure from another.
  • Assessment of programs, where the object under study is a complete career.
  • Motivating because evaluation, in general terms, greatly influences learning.

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Test design process

  1. Meeting with a team of experts to define the table of specifications.
  2. Department directors will appoint a team of teachers who will work on the design and production of test items.
  3. The DEB concentrates on production and shapes the different exams on the selected platform.
  4. Professors and/or support teams review the items.
  5. The tests are applied, and the items are calibrated to build a question Bank for each test.
Formative / Summative academic-teacher

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Formative / Summative academic-teacher

This evaluation is part of the teaching-learning process and its purpose is to guarantee that what was established as a learning objective is achieved as a learning result: Observable.

Institutional summative

This evaluation, although of the students, is part of the evaluation process of the curricular program that allows consolidating the learning results with the graduation profile established as a "promise" at the beginning of the degree: Measurable.

Academic Evaluation

  • Institutional assessment: Basic science, basic medical science, and clinical science.
  • Departmental assessment.
  • Progressive assessment.
  • Assessment of basic and clinical science, using resources from the National Board of Medical Education (NBME).
  • Use of external question banks (International Consortiums)

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Exams

IFOM Basic Science Examination (BSE)  http://ifombasic.startpractice.com

The BSE tests the basic knowledge that students have before entering the clinical program. It consists of 160 multiple-choice items, each with one best answer accepted as correct. The BSE covers:

  • Anatomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Histology and Cell Biology 
  • Microbiology
  • Organic systems
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology

IFOM Clinical Science Examination (CSE) http://ifomclinical.startpractice.com

The CSE (Clinical Sciences Examination) tests the clinical knowledge that students should have just before graduation. It consists of 160 multiple-choice items, each with one best answer accepted as correct. The CSE covers:

  • Family Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Gynecology and Obstetrics 
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

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Contact information

MS. José Juan Góngora Cortés  Department director  jgongora@itesm.mx  Tel. +52 81.8888.2027

Ing. María Esthela Castañeda Rosales  Specialist  esthela.castaneda@itesm.mx  Tel. +52 81.8888.2022