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COJ Nursing & Healthcare

Use of a Practice Exam

  • Open or Close Amanda Burke Aaronson*

    Assistant Professor,University of San Francisco, USA

    *Corresponding author: Amanda Aaronson, Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco, USA

Submission: June 21, 2018;Published: July 02, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/COJNH.2018.03.000566

ISSN: 2577-2007
Volume3 Issue4

Abstract

Review sessions for final exams can be beneficial to student preparation. However, little research has been done on optimally structuring these sessions. Using a common nursing standardized test as a final exam, two semesters are compared using two different review session designs. In the first semester, a general review session, where topics were student-led, was used. In the second, a targeted review session, using practice tests to pre-assess gaps in knowledge, was used. The final exam scores were significantly higher in the second semester than in the first, demonstrating that targeted review sessions might play a role in student success.

Keywords: Nursing education;Review session;Final exam; HESI

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