The impact of two multiple-choice question formats on the problem-solving strategies used by novices and experts

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Coderre, Sylvain P ^a   Harasym, Peter ^a   Mandin, Henry ^b   Fick, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; ADULT; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOGIC; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGIC; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 12244253798     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-4-23     Document Type: Article

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