Motivations of assessment item writers in medical programs: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The challenge of generating sufficient quality items for medical student examinations is a common experience for medical program coordinators. Faculty development strategies are commonly used, but there is little research on the factors influencing medical educators to engage in item writing. To assist with designing evidence-based strategies to improve engagement, we conducted an interview study informed by self-determination theory (SDT) to understand educators' motivations to write items.

Methods

We conducted 11 semi-structured interviews with educators in an established medical program. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and underwent open coding and thematic analysis.

Results

Major themes included; responsibility for item writing and item writer moti

SUBMITTER: Karthikeyan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature