A Pertussis outbreak investigation, Amreli district, Gujarat state, India, December 2022 -August 2023
Main Article Content
Abstract
Background: Theory examinations are widely used to assess learning in medical education. However, a lack of Standardization of assessment leads to incomplete assessment. Blueprinting of question papers can be a crucial tool for the maintenance of validity and uniformity of assessment. Objective: The objective of the present study was to develop an assessment blueprint for constructing question papers for the undergraduate anatomy curriculum. Methodology: The blueprint of the question paper for the anatomy curriculum was developed with the help of relative weightage assigned to each part or section of anatomy. The weightage of each part/region of anatomy was calculated with the help of hours allotted to that part for teaching and training purposes divided by the total hours assigned by NMC for the anatomy curriculum. The blueprint of the question paper was validated by experts. Results: The weightage of each part/section was calculated. Maximum weightage was given to 25.48% of the abdomen and pelvis followed by Head and Neck, 23.54%. The minimum weightage of 3.22% was given to general anatomy. Conclusion: An assessment blueprint can be a guiding tool for constructing a valid question paper with appropriate coverage of each subsection/part of the curriculum. It will solve the issue of over or underrepresentation of content.
Article Details
Section
How to Cite
References
1. Nian X, Liu H, Cai M, Duan K and Yang X. Coping strategies for pertussis resurgence. Vaccines (Basel) 112023;(5), 889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11050889
2. Edwards KM, Decker MD. Pertussis vaccines. In: Plotkin S, Orenstein W, Offit P, eds. Vaccines, 6th ed. Philadelphia, Saunders, 2013:447–492. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-4557-0090-5.00030-6
3. Organization WH. WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system: 2009 global summary. World Health Organization; 2009
4. Cherry JD. The role of Bordetella pertussis infections in adults in the epidemiology of pertussis. Developments in Biological Standardization. 1997;89:181–186.
5. Nelson JD. The changing epidemiology of pertussis in young infants. The role of adults as reservoirs of infection. American Journal of Diseases of Children. 1978;132(4):371–373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120290043006
6. Trollfors B, Rabo E. Whooping cough in adults. British Medical Journal. 1981;283(6293):696–697. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.283.6293.696
7. Güriş D, Strebel PM, Bardenheier B, et al. Changing epidemiology of pertussis in the United States: increasing reported incidence among adolescents and adults, 1990–1996. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1999;28(6):1230–1237. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/514776
8. Marchant CD, Loughlin AM, Lett SM, et al. Pertussis in Massachusetts, 1981–1991: incidence, serologic diagnosis, and vaccine effectiveness. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1994;169(6):1297–1305. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/169.6.1297
9. WHO Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Monitoring System. 2019 Global Summary. Available from: http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/countries?countrycriteria%5Bcountry%5D%5B%5D=IND&commit=OK. Accessed Dec 25, 2024.
10. International Institute of Population Sciences. National Family Health Survey, India. Available from: http://rchiips.org/NFHS/index.shtml. Accessed Dec 25, 2024.
11. Mooi FR, Van Der Maas NA, De Melker HE. Pertussis resurgence: waning immunity and pathogen adaptation - two sides of the same coin. Epidemiol Infect. 2014; 142:685-94. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000071
12. Takum T, Gara D, Tagyung H, Murhekar MV. An outbreak of pertussis in Sarli Circle of Kurung-kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian Pediatr. 2009; 46:1017-20.
13. An epidemiological investigation of the 2019 suspected pertussis outbreak in northwestern Nigeria Omoleke Semeeh1,2
15. Winter K, Harriman K, Zipprich J, et al. California pertussis epidemic, 2010, J Pediatr, 2012;161:1091-6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.041
16. Changing Pertussis Epidemiology: Everything Old is New Again Thomas A. Clark
17. Alamaw SD, Kassa AW and Gelaw YA. Pertussis outbreak investigation of Mekdela district, South Wollo zone, Amhara region, North-West Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes 2017; 10: 420 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2735-1
18. A. Apte, Multicentric Hospital-Based Surveillance of Pertussis Amongst Infants Admitted in Tertiary Care Facilities in India
19. Pertussis outbreak investigation in Northwest Ethiopia: A community-based study Addisu Gize Yeshanew.