Web-Based Evaluation System to Measure Learning Effectiveness in Kampo Medicine

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(a) Association between the learning effectiveness of KM education and the 30 multiple-choice questions (from number 1 to number 30). We adopted the proficiency index (PI), which is the difference between the high and low achievers in the correct answer rate for each question. The PI is calculated by subtracting the correct answer rate for the low achievers () (vertical axis) from that in the high achievers (). Correct answer rates for each of the 30 questions are plotted on the horizontal axis. (b) Classification of high and low achievers according to correct answer rates for a combination of three questions (number 8, “five-element” theory, number 24, evidence-based KM, and number 29, two fields such as pattern-based diagnostic procedures [four physical examinations of Kampo Medicine] and pattern-based therapeutic theory [ho-sho sotai]). Note that 18 (94.7%) of the 19 high achievers correctly answered two or three of these three questions. On the contrary, 12 (92.3%) of the 13 low achievers gave only one or no correct answer to these three questions.

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