Imprecise terms in UK medical multiple-choice questions: What examiners think they mean

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-350

  Holsgrove, Gareth ^a,b   Elzubeir, Margaret ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Education, medical; Educational measurement; London; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NOMENCLATURE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; LONDON; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031816830     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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