Equitable evaluation in the teaching of integrated clinical medicine

When clinical medicine is offered as an integrated subject for undergraduate students it poses a problem when it comes to evaluation. Departmental heads become concerned about students' tendency to neglect or even disregard 'minor' subjects because of their small contribution to the composite evaluation mark. A method for allocating weights to various subjects was devised and a computer programme for random allocation of the percentage content of major and minor subjects established. As experience over the past 5 years has shown, the system has been found acceptable by both teachers and students.