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Model Answer For Critical Review Paper: Conjoint Examination For Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) And Master of Psychological Medicine, May 2009.
Author(s):
Rosdinom Razal*i Hatta Sidi*
Institution(s):
*Department of Psychiatry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Medical Centre, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
Materials, Methods and Results :
This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study which was carried out on data obtained from a group of postgraduate psychiatry students from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Malaya (UM) who attended a revision course organized by the UKM Department of Psychiatry on January 2005 and Mac/ April 2006.
The candidates attending this revision course are psychiatry trainees from UKM, UM and USM. For January 2005, a set of MCQs (consisting of 45 items, totaling in 45 x 5 = 225 statements) was retrieved from a large MCQ mock examination question bank randomly, consisting of well-balanced questions on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, psychology, statistics and epidemiology, genetics, immunology and neuropathology. For the revision course in 2006, another set of 40 item MCQ (a total of 200 statements) was again retrieved from a large MCQ mock examination question bank. Each MCQ item has 5 statements (A, B, C, D and E) to be answered true or false. A marking system is used, where a minimum mark of 0 or a maximum mark of 5 is given for each item. If a statement is answered wrongly, a minus mark is given, with a minimum mark of 0 for each item (e.g. if a candidate has 2 correct answers and 3 incorrect answers on 5 statements, he will get a mark of -1 but it would be considered as 0 for that item).
In January 2005, all 11 candidates who attended this MCQ workshop and participated in this study were from UKM. All 11 candidates attempted all 45 questions given to them (session 2005). The total scores were calculated based on 11 candidates who made the attempt, e.g. for one item, the maximum score would be 5 x 11 = 55.
In March/April 2006, out of 17 candidates (a different batch of candidates from 2005) attended this MCQ workshop and participated in this study, 11 candidates are from UKM, with the remaining from UM. No candidates from USM attended due to short notice. All 17 candidates attempted all 40 questions given to them (session 2006). The total scores were calculated based on 17 candidates who made the attempt, e.g. the maximum score would be 5 x 17 = 85. The mock MCQ questions on academic year 2005 and 2006 are almost similar with not more than 20% changes made in the content by the author. The results are tabled in Table 1.
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