Automated Grading of Anatomical Objective Structured Practical Exams Using Decision Trees
Jason Bernard, Ranil Sonnadara, Anthony N. Saraco, Josh P. Mitchell,, Alex B. Bak, Ilana Bayer, Bruce C. Wainman

TL;DR
This study demonstrates that decision trees can accurately grade anatomy OSPE questions with over 94% accuracy, supporting the development of automated online assessment and tutoring systems.
Contribution
It introduces the use of decision trees for automated grading of OSPE questions, showing high accuracy and potential for online anatomy assessments.
Findings
Decision trees achieved 94.49% average accuracy.
Machine learning can effectively automate OSPE grading.
Potential for online anatomy education enhancement.
Abstract
An Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) is an effective and robust, but resource-intensive, means of evaluating anatomical knowledge. Since most OSPEs employ short answer or fill-in-the-blank style questions, the format requires many people familiar with the content to mark the exams. However, the increasing prevalence of online delivery for anatomy and physiology courses could result in students losing the OSPE practice that they would receive in face-to-face learning sessions. The purpose of this study was to test the accuracy of Decision Trees (DTs) in marking OSPE questions as a potential first step to creating an intelligent, online OSPE tutoring system. The study used the results of the winter 2020 semester final OSPE from McMaster University's anatomy and physiology course in the Faculty of Health Sciences (HTHSCI 2FF3/2LL3/1D06) as the data set. Ninety percent of…
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TopicsMedical Imaging and Analysis
