Evaluation of Medical Student's Satisfaction Toward the Physiology Exam Using Educational Pictures and Movies in comparison with Multiple Choice Tests Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

The aim of this study was to investigate the viewpoint of medical students regarding the use of educational pictures and movies for evaluation of medical students in physiology course. This action research has been done on 160 medical students of faculty of medicine، Isfahan University of Medical Sciences during 1st semester of 2010-2011. A researcher-made questionnaire evaluated the exam. Data was analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). Results showed that before evaluation، of the vast majority of students agreed with multiple choice questions than evaluation by pictures and movies (from 13. 1% to 34. 5%). The attitude and viewpoint of students regarding to multiple choice question was 6. 14 and 4. 92 and regarding to the new method was 7. 30 and 7. 32 (from 10)، respectively. It seems that the new method of evaluation not only is much justicebut also helps to learn more knowledge in depth than multiple choice question exam. results showed that before evaluation، more percent of students agreed with multiple choice question than evaluation by pictures and movies (from 13. 1% to 34. 5%). The attitude and viewpoint of students regarding the multiple choice question was 6. 14 and 4. 92 and regarding the new method was 7. 30 and 7. 32 (from 10)، respectively. It seems that the new method of evaluation is much justiceand it helps to learn more knowledge in depth than multiple choice question exam.