Didactic Year Ethical Poll

[joshuatree]

Just curious how other programs teaching styles are.

[fishbum]

Not sure "unethical" is the best word, but keeping you from reviewing exams is missing out on a good learning opportunity. There are things I remember/understand now specifically because I missed them on exams.

[joshuatree]

I agree completely.  I just think, "hey, I'm paying $100,000 for this- I'd like to know what I got wrong so if this occurs on the PANCE I'd like to not get this wrong."

I think the program is trying to keep their exams from being compromised from future classes, so everything is kept hush-hush.

[PA-SGuy]

Sometimes we would be able to see the exact question we got wrong, but not necessarily have the right answer to the question. Sometimes we wouldn't be allowed to see the exact question due to classmate illness or other things so we wouldn't "share" this info. Other times we only received info on "general" areas of questions we got wrong. For the most part, we had to review the questions we missed right after the test, which was nice. 

[Guest HanSolo]

We receive exam reports stating which questions we got wrong. We then have the opportunity to review a print-out of the exam key on our own time in the program office. No cell phones, computers, etc. Getting questions wrong and not knowing why isn’t a good way to be tested. Some profs have exam reviews if enough students are interested. 

[RainOnNeptune]

For the first half of the year we weren't allowed to see the exams afterward, just a report with general information on how we did on each topic. We are now allowed to view the exam with the right answers selected briefly after we take it, which is much better.