Multimedia extended matching questions (EMQs) in undergraduate musculoskeletal education

Assessing clinical reasoning skills using Script Concordance Test (SCT) and extended matching questions (EMQs): A pilot for urology trainees

Introduction: Clinical reasoning skill is the core of medicalcompetence. Commonly used assessment methods for medicalcompetence have limited ability to evaluate critical thinking andreasoning skills. Script Concordance Test (SCT) and ExtendedMatching Questions (EMQs) are the evolving tests which areconsidered to be valid and reliable tools for assessing clinicalreasoning and judgment. We perfor...

Using item response theory to explore the psychometric properties of extended matching questions examination in undergraduate medical education

BACKGROUND As assessment has been shown to direct learning, it is critical that the examinations developed to test clinical competence in medical undergraduates are valid and reliable. The use of extended matching questions (EMQ) has been advocated to overcome some of the criticisms of using multiple-choice questions to test factual and applied knowledge. METHODS We analysed the results from ...

Improving undergraduate musculoskeletal education: a continuing challenge.

Objectives of undergraduate medical education in musculoskeletal surgery and medicine.

Objectives of undergraduate medical education in musculoskeletal surgery and medicine.

Robotics in Early Undergraduate Education

Introduction to Mobile Robot Programming is a new projectbased course taught at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar to undergraduates early in the curriculum. We describe the course details and relate our experiences and observations. We believe that this course is a valuable introductory computer science course; however, its success requires a significant time commitment from the instructors. ...