Exams are equally weighted in calculating your final grade. The third exam is the final exam. Exams are sequenced to follow specific information in class rather than specific calendar dates. As the semester progresses refer to the syllabus to get an approximate idea of when exams will occur. As always, there will be at least one weeks notice before each exam.
Exams can consist of multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions.
Factual information questions are designed to assess recall of specific facts or issues from texts, readings, lectures, and discussions. Application questions asses ability to use both factual and conceptual information in hypothetical clinical situations. Questions are structured along a continuum of difficulty. Some questions should be relatively easy for a majority of students while others will be more difficult for a majority of students. Other questions should fall somewhere in between these levels of difficulty.