Workshop Overview:
MCQ: OBA and EMQ are the common multiple-choice questions. MCQs are written to cover extensive topics in a given field. MCQs feasibly is used to cover multiple factorial concepts and procedural knowledge domains in the curriculum. Written assessment is the mainstay of assessment of knowledge in medical education. Type A (OBA) and type R (EMQ) can consistently test student knowledge with a high degree of reliability. With a representative sample and predefined outcome, OBA/EMQ allows a high degree of test validity.
The current workshop on OBA and EMQ is intended to equip the faculty with a gross knowledge of assessment and in-depth knowledge on extended matching questions and one best answer items. Hands-on training with online games will be the key area of this workshop designed with special emphasis on question writing and vetting to ensure quality in OBA and EMQ. OBA
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the role of MCQ (OBAQ/SBAQ and EMQ) in assessing students problem-solving skills as a test of their high order thinking (C1, C2, C5)
- Demonstrate the skills for constructing One Best Answer (OBA) Items and Extended Matching Question (EMQ) (C3)
- Examine the role of distractors efficiency in students’ assessment using multiple-choice questions (OBA and EMQ) (C4)
- Develop few context-rich, inter-disciplinary and preferably authentic (real scenario) items as OBA/EMQ in written examination of undergraduate medical education (C6)
Facilitators:
- Professor Shahid Hassan
- Professor Ian Wilson