Omer Abdelgadir Elfaki

Department of Medical Education, King Khalid University and Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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  • Research Article   
    Assessment of MCQs in MBBS program in Saudi Arabia
    Author(s): Omer Abdelgadir Elfaki*, Abdulaziz Alamri and Karim Eldin M A Salih

    Background; Multiple choice questions represent one of the commonest methods of assessment in medical education. They believed to be reliable and efficient. Their quality depends on good item construction. Item analysis is used to assess their quality by computing difficulty index, discrimination index, distractor efficiency and test reliability. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of MCQs used in the College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. Design: Cross sectional Study design Materials and Methods: Item analysis data of 21 MCQs exams were collected. Values for difficulty index, discrimination index, distractor efficiency and reliability coefficient. Descriptive statistic parameters were computed. Results: Twenty-one tests were analysed. Overall, 7% of the items among all the tests were difficult, 35% were easy and 58% were acceptable. The m.. Read More»

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  • Ahmed Hussien Alshewered

    University of Basrah College of Medicine, Iraq

  • Sudhakar Tummala

    Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering SRM University – AP, Andhra Pradesh

     

     

     

  • Alphonse Laya

    Supervisor of Biochemistry Lab and PhD. students of Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemis

     

  • Fava Maria Giovanna

     

  • Manuprasad Avaronnan

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