Amir Shahzeydi, Sedigheh Farzi, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Fakhri Sabouhi, Sima Babaei, Ahmadreza Yazdannik
The effect of the clinical supervision model on nursing internship students' nursing process-based performance: an experimental study
BMC nursing
multiplechoice questions mcqs recognized reliable assessment tools incorporating clinical scenarios mcq stems enhanced effectiveness evaluating knowledge understanding item analysis used assess reliability consistency mcqs indicating suitability assessment tool study aims ensure competence graduates serving community establish examination bank surgery course study aims assess quality acceptability mcqs surgery course university bisha college medicine ubcom psychometric study evaluated quality mcqs used surgery examinations 2019 2023 ubcom saudi arabia mcqsitems analyzed categorized difficulty index dif discrimination index di distracter efficiency de fifthyear mbbs students undergo rotation department assessed end 12 weeks assessment includes 60 mcqsitems written items data collected analyzed using spss version 24 total 189 students examined across five test sessions 300 mcq items student scores ranged 2833 900 average score 646435 300 mcq items total 900 distractors dif 753 items 633 items showed good discrimination items negative points terms biserial correlation mean number functional distractors per test item 2191007 34 items three functional distractors psychometric indices used evaluate mcqs study encouraging acceptable dif distractor efficiencies item reliability providing robust faculty training capacitybuilding recommended enhance item development skills