29May 2017

DIFFICULTIES IN ANSWERING MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AMONG UMM AL-QURA MEDICAL STUDENTS,MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA.

  • Assistant Professor, Umm Al-Qura University, College of Medicine, General Surgery Department, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Medical intern , Umm Al-Qura University, College of Medicine, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Multiple Choice Question ( MCQ ) is used in assessing and evaluating the educational process worldwide as well as medical schools in Saudi Arabia. The Study is cross-sectional study was carried out in 278 medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected by using a ?pre-tested? semi-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS Version 11 statistical. There are four main reasons that make MCQ exam difficult to students. There are aproblem in studying methods,problem in teaching technique,problem in the giving curriculum and problem in the language. Other difficulties in answering MCQ exam related to the way of questions include: problems in the content of thequestion, problems in the level of the exam, problems in answer options and problems in recalling.Also, the time given is insufficient or difficulties in time organization during exam one of main problems. There are some external problems such as separated answering sheet, anxiety symptoms, eating and sleeping before theexam.

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[Hassan AdnanBukhari, Hatem Adel Sembawa, Rani Abdullah AlSairafi, Majdi Saleh Alzahrani, Basam Zuhaer Sindi and Mohammed Saleh Dumyati. (2017); DIFFICULTIES IN ANSWERING MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AMONG UMM AL-QURA MEDICAL STUDENTS,MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (May). 1774-1779] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr.Hassan Bukhari
Assistant Professor , Umm Al-Qura University College of Medicine, General Surgery department , Makkah, Saudi Arabia .

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4308      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4308

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