Korean Med Educ Rev.
2023 Feb;25(1):68-77. 10.17496/kmer.22.021.
Analysis of Basic Medicine-Related Questions in the Korean Medical Licensing Examination (2016–2018)
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- 1Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
- 2Department of Anatomy, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- 3Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- 4Department of Microbiology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2543614
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.17496/kmer.22.021
Abstract
- Basic medical education is important for developing the competencies of medical doctors, and it includes basic biomedical sciences, preventive medicine, medical ethics, and clinical science. This study aimed to reveal the current status of the Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE) regarding its evaluation of competencies in basic biomedical sciences. The basic science-related questions were screened and selected from the test forms of the KMLE (2016–2018) by personnel conducting basic biomedical science education, and the selected questions were evaluated with three independent groups of undergraduate students at Chonnam National University Medical School in terms of the learning outcomes of basic medical education. The study scope includes the proportion of basic medicine-related questions, which consist of basic medicine questions and basic medicine-related clinical medicine questions, and its annual change, discipline distribution, and associated learning outcomes. The average proportions of basic biomedical sciences, preventive medicine and medical law, and clinical sciences were 2.3%, 5.8%, and 91.9% of all questions, respectively. The proportion of basic medicine-related questions, except those on preventive medicine and medical law, was 22.0% of the total, and questions on pharmacology and microbiology accounted for 83.0% of the basic medicine-related questions. The proportion of sub-enabling learning outcomes linked with basic medicine-related questions comprised 14.0% of the total outcomes for basic biomedical sciences and 30.4% for preventive medicine and medical law. It is concluded that the KMLE questions may not sufficiently cover the essential competencies of basic medical education for medical doctors, and the KMLE may need to be improved with regard to competencies in basic biomedical sciences.
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