Διερεύνηση της αυτο-αξιολόγησης των μαθησιακών αποτελεσμάτων της Ενότητας της ΔΜΥ 51 του ΜΠΣ Διοίκηση Μονάδων Υγείας του ΕΑΠ

Abstract

Introduction: A self- assessment of learning outcomes was selected to explore the level of apprehension of educational work by students of module MHS 51 of the postgraduate program of Management of Health services of Hellenic Open University. Aim: Investigation of self-assessment of learning outcomes for module MHS 51 of the postgraduate program of Management of Health services of Hellenic Open University and its correlation to the results of the final examination. Methodology: The sample of the study consisted of 99 Postgraduate students from module MHS 51 (response rate: 24%) who were asked to fill out an online questionnaire which was sent to their personal e-mail created for the purpose of the study. All necessary measures were taken to ensure confidentiality and that the identity of the participants would not be revealed. The questionnaire was investigating if the students after the study of the module were able to define, describe and determine concepts acquired during the module and to identify their differences and  the answers were given at a 6 level likert scale with 1 to correspond to totally disagree and 6 to totally agree. The results were analyzed using the SPSS 21 statistical package. Results: The students assessed that they had obtained an average of 76.93% of the knowledge of the module. In over 50% of 107 items of the scale students answered that they agree and totally agree, that after attending and studying the module had mastered the specific knowledge they were offered. Comparing the students’ selfassessment results with their respective final score in the exam, it is clear that students who assessed themselves with “low knowledge gained” received a low score in the module, while students who assessed themselves highly, received high scores in the final examinations of the module. Conclusions: Self-assessment is a method that can be used by students to assess learning outcomes of the module and by the teachers to relate the assessment’s results to final exams and to use it as a quality measure of the educational work offered to the students in module MHS 51.