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Contraindications - and how they trip people up in AMC MCQ Exams
Jun 16, 2024
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Have a look at this question:
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Jazmin Richards, 37 years old, complains of frequent and long standing unilateral throbbing headaches occurring four times a week and...
How to Answer Abstract and Weird MCQ Questions
Jun 09, 2024
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Sometimes, some MCQ questions are just plain weird. Case in example - consider this hypothetical question:
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Jenny Epworth, a 23-year-old individual, returns for...
AMC MCQ Exams: Introducing the Concept of Pivot Words
Jun 02, 2024
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Writing an exam question is a lot harder than it looks. They need to strike the right balance between not being too easy or too hard, and they also need to discriminate (aka be able to separate out candidates for the purposes of ranking). One of the techniques that MCQ writers sometimes use is...
How do I answer a question about professionalism?
May 26, 2024
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One of the trends within medical assessments worldwide is the move to test non-medical domains such as professionalism, screening, evidence based medicine, statistics and clinical governance. These of course are on first glance rather tricky to prepare for.
Why? Two fold -...