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MCQ. Multiple Choice Questions. Why concern?. ยังคงมีการใช้อยู่ ข้อสอบ comprehensive 4 สถาบัน ข้อสอบ national test แพทยสภา เชียงใหม่ (ดูเหมือนจะ) มีปัญหา ภาควิชาส่วนใหญ่ ไม่มีระบบคัดกรองข้อสอบอย่างจริงจัง สัดส่วนข้อสอบได้รับการคัดเลือกน้อย ผลการสอบของ นศพ. เชียงใหม่ ไม่สวยงามเท่าไรนัก.
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MCQ Multiple Choice Questions
Why concern? • ยังคงมีการใช้อยู่ • ข้อสอบ comprehensive4สถาบัน • ข้อสอบ national testแพทยสภา • เชียงใหม่ (ดูเหมือนจะ) มีปัญหา • ภาควิชาส่วนใหญ่ ไม่มีระบบคัดกรองข้อสอบอย่างจริงจัง • สัดส่วนข้อสอบได้รับการคัดเลือกน้อย • ผลการสอบของ นศพ. เชียงใหม่ ไม่สวยงามเท่าไรนัก
Why still be used? • reliability • content validity • practicality
Why educator hate it? • poor MCQ • validity • patient doesn’t come with choices! • lower order thinking • recall
First Conclusion • It still be used • National licensing examination • Part I: basic sc 300 items • Part II: clinical sc 450 items • We have to improve ourselves
How to construct? • planning • writing • reviewing and revising • publishing
How to improve? • knowledge • skill • attitude
Basic Knowledge • Theoretically; MCQ = • one best answer, + • matching, + • extended matching, + etc • Practically; • MCQ => one best answer
Planning • identify the outcome • Medical Council Standard • cognitive domain
Cognitive Domain evaluation problem-solving synthesis analysis Application application interpretation comprehensive knowledge recall recall
Planning • identify the outcome • Medical Council Standard • cognitive domain • identify number of item • time => 150 item : 180 min • formula • table of specification
Table of Specification • Cognitive taxonomy ratio • recall : application • basic sciences = 50:50 • body system = 30:70
Planning • identify the outcome • Medical Council Standard • cognitive domain • identify number of item • time => 150 item : 180 min • formula • table of specification
Writing • 1 item = stem + options • stem • options / choices • 1 answer / key • 3-4 distracters • avoid testwiseness • avoid irrelevant difficulty
Good Stem • Valid • What? => TMC standard • Which aspect? => Form • How deep? => For GP
Good Stem • avoid • trivial fact • color reagent • enzyme • extreme recall • the second most common • the least common
Good Stem • 1 stem = 1 aspect • No more • What are … and …? • Usually long stem + short options • Don’t teach in the test!
Good Stem • 1 stem = 1 aspect • No more • What are … and …? • Usually long stem + short options • Don’t teach in the test!
Good Stem • Vignette + leading question Item template : Gross anatomy A (patient description) is unable to (functional disability). Which of the following is most likely to have been injured? A 65-year-old man has difficulty rising from a seated position and straightening his trunk, but he has no difficulty flexing his leg. Which of the following muscles is most likely to have been injured?
Good Stem Item template : A (patient description) has (history findings) and is taking (medications). Which of the following medications is the most likely cause of his (one history, PE or lab finding)? Item template : A (patient description) has a (type of injury and location). Which of the following structures is most likely to be affected?
Good Stem Item template : A (patient description) has (abnormal findings). Which [additional] finding would suggest/suggests a diagnosis of (disease 1) rather than (disease 2)? Item template : A (patient description) dies of (disease). Which of the following is most likely finding on autopsy?
Good Stem A patient has (abnormal findings) but (normal findings). Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? Item template : A patient has(symptoms and signs).Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the (findings)?
Good Stem • Series of stems are fine • BUT independent
Good Stem • Should not • What do you think?
Good Stem • allow data gathering • provide a sizable data base • simulate reality • include appropriate “noise” • start with problem, not a diagnosis • use unfamiliar (not uncommon) case • test only cognitive objective • avoid diagnostic label
Good Options • same direction • similar length, otherwise • long answer + short distracters • similar style, otherwise • nice answer (copy from textbook) + poor distracters
Good Distractors • incorrect! • reasonable • common misunderstanding • common mistakes
Options Tidiness • sequencing • alphabetical • length • chronological • logical • word repeated
Testwiseness • grammatically guide • totally, absolutely, none, etc • latin translation • all of above, none of above, K type • question A => answer of question B
Unawares, the answer • is usually the option which is • longest • looked nicest • most understandable • appeared most frequent
Irrelevant difficulty • poor written, poor chart • double negative • too long, too complicated • difficult vocabulary, jargon • unordered number • subjective : often, usually • tricky
How to construct? • planning • writing • reviewing and revising • self-test • pilot / colleagues • publishing • readable
How to improve? • Knowledge • Skill • Attitude
Skill • Practicing • Form • Item development team • Item analysis
Miscellaneous • AI • p • r • item sequencing
Conclusion • Knowledge • Skill • Attitude