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AMC MCQ Exams: Introducing the Concept of Pivot Words amc exam preparation examination technique mcq bank pivot words recalls Jun 02, 2024

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...

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Associate Professor George Eskander MBChB(Hons), FACHSM, CHE, FRACGP (2015), MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG, MAICD is a former AMC Examiner, former PLAB Examiner and former RACGP National Assessment Advisor for the KFP Examination. He has extensive experience as a Clinical Examiner, having examined for the AMC, PLAB and RACGP examinations. He has further examined for the AKT, CCE, former OSCE, CAAKT and SJT examinations, with more than a decade of national examination experience. He has substantial teaching experience as an Associate Professor, Clinical Lecturer, Anatomy Demonstrator, Postgraduate Medical Educator and oversees Quaternary Postgraduate Medical Education Services.

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