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Title

Réforme de la première année des études de santé : mise en place d'un outil pour déterminer les étudiants admis dans chaque filière.

Authors

MORICE, Vincent; AURENGO, André; DURAND, Emmanuel

Abstract

Issue: The decree issued on October 28, 2009 reorganized the initial year of health studies by combining four medical study tracks (medicine, odontology, pharmacy, midwifery) in a single year.Acompetitive examination leads to a specific ranking per track and per student. The selection of students must take into account the ranking as well as student preferences in each track. Objective: An algorithm derived from the Gale and Shapley stability of marriage problem helps carry out this operation optimally and indisputably. The Pierre et Marie Curie school of medicine developed the ResExam software, accessible over internet, that allows students to state their preferences, assigns student rankings in their tracks and eliminates tie scores. Results: ResExam is a generic software product that can be suited to any number of students and options (tracks, training courses, etc.). It ran successfully for the 2090 students who passed the competitive examination in May 2011. Other schools of medicine could easily benefit from it.

Subjects

EDUCATIONAL change; MEDICAL education; RATING of students; EDUCATION software; EXAMINATIONS

Publication

Pédagogie Médicale, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 1, p65

ISSN

1625-6484

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1051/pmed/2012001