Comparing single-best-answer and very-short-answer questions for the assessment of applied medical knowledge in 20 UK medical schools: Cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The study aimed to compare candidate performance between traditional best-of-five single-best-answer (SBA) questions and very-short-answer (VSA) questions, in which candidates must generate their own answers of between one and five words. The primary objective was to determine if the mean positive cue rate for SBAs exceeded the null hypothesis guessing rate of 20%. DESIGN:This was a cross-sectional study undertaken in 2018. SETTING:20 medical schools in the UK. PARTICIPANTS:1417 volunteer medical students preparing for their final undergraduate medicine examinations (total eligible population across all UK medical schools approximately 7500). INTERVENTIONS:Students completed a 50-question VSA test, followed immediately by the same test in SBA format, using a novel digital exam d

SUBMITTER: Sam AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773319 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature