Using item response theory to explore the psychometric properties of extended matching questions examination in undergraduate medical education
Bhakta, B.; Tennant, A.; Horton, M.; Lawton, G.; Andrich, D. · White Rose Research Online
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.…