Open AccessPsychometric analysis of multiple-choice questions in an innovative curriculum in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Karim Eldin M A Salih,
Abubakar Mohammed Jibo,
Masoud Ishaq,
Sameer Khan,
Osama A. Mohammed,
Abdullah M. AlShahrani,
Mohammed Abbas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_358_20
Subject(s) - medicine , curriculum , reliability (semiconductor) , session (web analytics) , multiple choice , medical education , significant difference , psychology , pedagogy , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
Worldwide, medical education and assessment of medical students are evolving. Psychometric analysis of the adopted assessment methods is thus, necessary for an efficient, reliable, valid and evidence based approach to the assessment of the students. The objective of this study was to determine the pattern of psychometric analysis of our courses conducted in the academic year 2018-2019, in an innovative curriculum.