Rabinowitz H K
Med Educ. 1987 Mar;21(2):114-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00676.x.
This paper describes the extensive experience of the Department of Family Medicine at Jefferson Medical College in utilizing the modified essay question (MEQ) as a final examination for its required third-year clerkship in family medicine. The results of a preliminary study are presented, comparing the MEQ as a method of evaluation with the multiple choice question (MCQ) format on similar content material. MCQ performance was found to be a better predictor of National Board Part I and II scores, but neither format was found to be a good predictor of postgraduate performance. The data were statistically significant (P less than 0.05) that MEQ performance was related to postgraduate performance in the area of professional attitude while the MCQ was not; however, the number of students in the analysis was small. Additional studies are planned to test this hypothesis further.
本文描述了杰斐逊医学院家庭医学系在利用改良短文问题（MEQ）作为其家庭医学三年级必修临床实习期末考试方面的丰富经验。文中呈现了一项初步研究的结果，该研究将MEQ作为一种评估方法与针对相似内容材料的多项选择题（MCQ）形式进行了比较。研究发现，MCQ成绩能更好地预测国家医师资格考试第一部分和第二部分的分数，但两种形式都不能很好地预测研究生阶段的表现。数据具有统计学意义（P小于0.05），即MEQ成绩与研究生在专业态度方面的表现相关，而MCQ成绩则不然；然而，参与分析的学生数量较少。计划开展更多研究以进一步验证这一假设。
