Course assessment is an essential component of the Modern Occupational Health course, yet current assessment methods have deficiencies and cannot effectively enhance students’ post competence. To further summarize the existing defects and propose improvement measures, this study conducted interviews and questionnaires with postgraduate students specializing in Occupational and Environmental Health at a university in Jilin, China, who entered in 2022 and 2023. The findings showed that after the course assessment reform, student satisfaction with the course improved compared with that before the reform, and case analysis indicated that the scores of students after the reform were significantly higher than those prior to the reform (P<0.05). Overall, the competency-oriented course assessment reform has effectively stimulated students’ learning interest and improved their ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practical situations.

Yuezhu Zhang, Zengchen Wang, Shuping Ren, Jian Zhu, Guangyan Yu, Peng Li. Exploring the Assessment Mechanism of the “Modern Occupational Health” Course. Frontiers in Educational Research (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 12: 103-110. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.081215.

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