Faculty Development Presentation: Writing Multiple Choice Questions

The Health Science Faculty Development Program will host a session on Thursday, Mar. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. in room, 2256 HSS.

Writing Multiple Choice Questions will be presented by Christopher J Martin, M.D., MSc.

After completing the program, participants should be able to:

• Contrast and compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of different assessment methodologies.
• Describe the elements of a single best-answer multiple choice question.
• Identify common item writing flaws.
• Describe how to contrast high-quality single best-answer multiple choice question.
• Discuss how to interpret the results of item analysis to judge the performance single best-answer multiple choice question and determine whether or not such items should be rejected or retained in an examination.

The event is free and open to all WVU faculty. Those interested in registering or with questions should contact Trisha Hussing at 304-293-1979 or phussing@hsc.wvu.edu. Lunch will be provided only to those faculty who have pre-registered by noon on Thursday, Mar. 7.