Effect of Workshops for Preparing Multiple-Choice Questions for Computer-Based Testing Used in the Nationwide Common Examination Before Clinical Clerkships
- VernacularTitle:全国共用試験CBT問題作成向上に対する学内講習会の効果
- Author:
Nobuo NARA
;
Nobuhiko SAITO
;
Shu KURAMOTO
;
Eiji GOTOH
;
Hiroaki NAKAJIMA
;
Osamu FUKUSIMA
;
Saburo HORIUCHI
;
Toshimasa YOSHIOKA
;
Yoshio NITTA
;
Tatsuki ISHIDA
;
Takeshi ASO
;
Yasuichiro FUKUDA
;
Fumimaro TAKAKU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
computer-based testing;
common achievement test;
workshop
- From:Medical Education
2005;36(1):11-16
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Computer-based testing (CBT) has been used in Japan since 2002 to assess medical students' basic and clinical medical knowledge, based on the model core-curriculum, before they start clinical clerkships. For effective CBT, multiplechoice questions must accurately assess the knowledge of students. Questions for CBT are submitted by all medical schools in Japan. However, only 40% of questions are chosen for CBT and used at random; the other 60% of questions are rejected because of poor quality. Toimprove the ability of medical staff to devise questions, workshops were held at 30 medical schools. The acceptance rate of questions from schools where workshops were held was significantly increased. The workshops were extremely effbctive for improving the quality of questions.
