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Analysis of MCQ and distractor use in a large first year Health Faculty Foundation Program: assessing the effects of changing from five to four options

Published:2018-11-07 Issue:1 Volume:18 Page:
ISSN:1472-6920
Container-title:BMC Medical Education
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Med Educ

Author:

Fozzard Nicolette,Pearson Andrew,du Toit Eugene,Naug Helen,Wen William,Peak Ian R.^ORCID

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Education,General Medicine

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12909-018-1346-4.pdf

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