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How to Write a High Quality Multiple Choice Question (MCQ): A Guide for Clinicians
P A Coughlin1, C R Featherstone2
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Abstract:
Despite the variety of assessment tools available, multiple choice questions (MCQs) still play an integral part in examinations at both a national and speciality board level. MCQs have a number of methodological advantages yet their strength is related to the quality of the question posed. Specifically, there has been a move towards the MCQ testing a taxonomically higher order concept of integration-interpretation and problem solving. This paper focuses on question development and the potential pitfalls to avoid.
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