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<journal-id>2077-2874</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[EDUMECENTRO]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[EDUMECENTRO]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2077-2874</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2077-28742019000200098</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Incisos fáciles y de excelente discriminación en un examen sobre Anatomía Humana: ¿es posible eso?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Easy items with excellent discrimination for a Human Anatomy exam: is that possible?]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bahr Ulloa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guisado Zamora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katia]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Tápanes Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miriet]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Correa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dayana]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marrero Mesa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Mary]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Matanzas ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>98</fpage>
<lpage>116</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2077-28742019000200098&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2077-28742019000200098&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2077-28742019000200098&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento: la evaluación es un elemento imprescindible en el proceso docente educativo, por lo que su calidad es esencial en las condiciones actuales de masividad.  Objetivo:  analizar la calidad de los incisos de respuesta corta de Anatomía Humana en el examen ordinario de Sistema Nervioso, Endocrino y Reproductor en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas, curso 2016- 2017.  Métodos:  se realizó un estudio de evaluación en el campo del proceso enseñanza aprendizaje, en el marco de la educación médica. Se aplicaron métodos teóricos, empíricos y procesamientos estadísticos. Fueron analizados 513 exámenes ordinarios en sus niveles de dificultad y discriminación en los incisos de Anatomía Humana.  Resultados:  entre los más relevantes destacaron los siguientes: en la pregunta 1 la dificultad de los incisos osciló entre altamente y medianamente fácil, aunque la discriminación resultó ser buena ya que pocos estudiantes se equivocaron, pero resultaron estar suspensos en el examen, lo que valió en la discriminación excelente de incisos altamente fáciles. En la 2 la dificultad fue media, con incisos medianamente fáciles y difíciles y su nivel de discriminación resultó ser excelente. Los incisos c y d mostraron una relación inusual pero muy buena combinación, de dificultad y excelente discriminación. En las preguntas 4, 5 y 7 se obtuvieron buenos resultados, pero el inciso 7.5 presentó una relación desfavorable para la evaluación, con una pobre discriminación de un inciso altamente fácil.  Conclusiones: el examen aplicado presentó una dificultad equilibrada y adecuada a los estándares exigidos y una discriminación mayoritariamente calificada de excelente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background: assessment is an essential element in the teaching-learning process, that´s why its quality is indispensible in the massive current conditions.  Objective:  to analyze the quality of short answer items in the Human Anatomy ordinary exam of the nervous ,endocrine and Reproductive systems in Matanzas University of Medical Sciences, in the school year (2016- 2017).  Methods:  an assessment study was carried out in the field of the teaching-learning process, within the medical education. Theoretical, empirical and statistics processing methods were applied. Human Anatomy items in their difficulty and discrimination levels of 513 ordinary exams were analyzed.  Results:  among the most relevant results stand out: question 1, the difficulty of the items fluctuated from highly to fairly easy, eventhoug the discrimination was good, since few students made mistakes, but they didn´t pass the exam, but with excellent discrimination in highly easy items. Question 2 had an average difficulty, with fairly easy and difficult items and the discrimination level was excellent. Items c and d showed an unusual relation but with good difficulty combination, and with excellent discrimination. In questions 4, 5 y 7 the results were good, but item 7.5 had an unfavorable relation for assessment, with a poor discrimination in a highly easy item.  Conclusions: the applied exam had a balanced and adequate difficulty according to standards and discrimination was mainly qualified as excellent.]]></p></abstract>
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