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ArticleMedical education online2020

Knowledge of dental faculty in gulf cooperation council states of multiple-choice questions' item writing flaws.

Mawlood Kowash, Hazza Alhobeira, Iyad Hussein, Manal Al Halabi, Saif Khan

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Article in Medical education online, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mawlood KowashPediatric Dentistry Department, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences , Hail, United Arab Emirates.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0552-1767
Hazza AlhobeiraRestorative Dentistry Department, Hail University , Hail, Saudi Arabia.
Iyad HusseinPediatric Dentistry Department, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences , Hail, United Arab Emirates.
Manal Al HalabiPediatric Dentistry Department, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences , Hail, United Arab Emirates.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9482-4614
Saif KhanBasic Dental and Medical Sciences Department, Hail University , Hail, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple-Choice Questions provide an objective cost/time effective assessment. Deviation from appropriate question writing structural guidelines will most probably result in commonly ignored multiple-choice questions writing flaws, influencing the ability of the assessment to measure students' cognitive levels thereby seriously affecting students' academic performance outcome measures. To gauge the knowledge of multiple-choice question items writing flaws in dental faculty working at colleges in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. A cross-sectional short online

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Educational MeasurementFaculty, DentalCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansKuwaitMaleSaudi ArabiaStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited Arab EmiratesWritingassessmentDental educationdental facultyitem-writing flaws (IWFs)multiple-choice questions

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PMID32835640
PMCPMC7482711

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