Abstract

DEYNES MARQUEZ, Arnel et al. NEUROEVAL: software for self-evaluation of students in a medical school of Ghana . MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.11, pp.1746-1752. ISSN 1029-3019.

A technological development study was conducted at the University for Development Studies, especially School of Medicine and Health Sciences of Tamale (Northern Region, Ghana) from January to March 2010, by means of an educational software named NEUROEVAL, including the content imparted on the central nervous system in Anatomy practical classes and it would serve for the self-evaluation of students before the final examination of each section. The effectiveness of the software was validated through users (n =15) and experts (n=7) surveys, who agreed to evaluate it as useful (93.7% and 100.0%, respectively). On terms of design, users found it functional and comprehensible, while experts reported that it was simple. The content was valued as important for both groups. Finally, the contribution of this computer tool to the educational process was satisfactory.

Keywords : educational software; students; experts; teaching-learning process; Anatomy; medical universities; Ghana.

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