Outcomes and evaluation
ONCOLOGY
We summarized and compared the attendance numbers and overall scores of the two groups. The final exam scores of the radiotherapy and chemotherapy courses (three courses) were part of Introduction to Oncology and were converted into a 100-point system. The overall score of the control group was the final exam score of these three courses. For the trial group, the class tests accounted for 60%, and the final exam scores of these three courses accounted for 40%, of their overall score. The questions in these block tests were not related to questions on the final examination. The class tests and the final exams were designed by different teachers and contained different questions. This method of calculating scores was part of the block-based teaching method based on cybernetics. It was a coercive measure to induce students to attend and pay more attention to the class. The data for classroom attendance and participation in the two groups were obtained and compared through Questionnaire I. The students’ evaluations of the two teaching methods were obtained and compared through Questionnaire II.