Janice Cheung, Cheuk Yin Chan, Ho Yu Cheng
The Effectiveness of Interventions on Improving the Mental Health Literacy of Health Care Professionals in General Hospitals: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
testing based multiple choice questions mcq one established forms assessment medical field extended matching questions emq represent specific type mcq designed require higher levels cognition problemsolving purpose evaluation assess suitability efficiency emq assessment method emq incorporated endofsemester examination internal medicine 154 students participated compared three established mcq types item examination quality investigated well readability processing time emq slightly difficult score however item discrimination discrimination index higher compared item types emq found significantly longer required processing time readability improved students judged emq clearly challenging attributed significantly higher clinical relevance compared established mcq formats using spearmanbrown prediction ten emq items would needed reproduce cronbachs alpha value 075 attained overall examination emq proved efficient suitable assessing medical students demonstrating powerful characteristics reliability expanded use favor common mcq could save examination time without losing statistical quality