Practice and reflection of formative assessment system based on clinical thinking ability cultivation in courses of cardiovascular diseases

  AIM   To explore the application of formative assessment system based on clinical thinking ability cultivation in courses of cardiovascular diseases.

  METHODS   The application effect of the formative assessment system based on clinical thinking ability cultivation was explored by analyzing the characteristics of assessment object, establishing the assessment team, developing and implementing the assessment plan, and analyzing students’ performances and the questionnaire results.

  RESULTS   Ninety-two percent of the students supported the exploration of the new assessment system and the students’ scores followed the pattern of normal distribution. Eighty-nine of the experts agreed that the new assessment system not only tested the students’ learning effect, but also fully cultivated their clinical thinking ability, which played a vital role in their future clinical learning.

  CONCLUSION   The formative assessment system based on the cultivation of clinical thinking ability is an important measure to achieve teaching reform in the new period, worthy to be promoted.