Pooling System for Multiple-Choice Questions for the National Examination for Medical Practitioners. Results of a Field Study in Japan.
- VernacularTitle:医科大学提出試験問題の医師国家試験での利用についての基礎検討 フィールド試験結果の解析
- Author:
Toshikazu SAITO
;
Kazuo MURAI
;
Hiroshi INOUE
;
Hideaki YOKOYAMA
;
Kenichiro YOSHIDA
;
Hiroaki MATSUOKA
;
Takashi HORIE
;
Takumi ARAMAKI
;
Takashi DANBARA
;
Hiroshi NIHEI
;
Kazue TAKANO
;
Yasuo ITO
;
Jiro TAKAHARA
;
Atsushi SAITO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
national examination for medical practitioners;
pooling system of multiple choice questions;
multiple choice questions submitted from medical schools
- From:Medical Education
2001;32(1):13-18
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan is planning a pooling system for multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for the national examination for medical practitioners. To clarify possible problems of such a system, a field study was performed by 10 medical schools in Japan using 90 MCQs from previous examinations. Nine hundred twenty-four 6th-year students participated in the field test. For each MCQ, the correct-response rates at the originating school and those obtained in the field test were significantly correlated. Thus, the correct-response rates to questions on the field test could be predicted from the rates at the originating schools. However, for each question the correct-response rate was significantly higher for students of the originating school than for students of other schools. In the national examination, care should be taken to prevent differences in scores on the basis of question sources.
