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Student assessment
Extended Matching Items
Trevor Gibbs
Student assessment
Extended Matching Items
Extended matching items/questions ( Type R, Extended matching items/questions ( Type R,
EMI or EMQ) are a written examination EMI or EMQ) are a written examination
format similar format similar multiple choice questions but questions but
with one key difference, that they test with one key difference, that they test
knowledge in a far more applied, in depth, knowledge in a far more applied, in depth,
sense.sense.
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Extended Matching Items
Acute intermittent porphyria is a result of a defect in the biosynthetic pathway for:
A. collagen B. corticosteroid C. fatty acid D. glucose E. haemF. thyroxine
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Acute intermittent porphyria is a result of a defect in the biosynthetic pathway for:
A. collagen B. corticosteroid C. fatty acid D. glucose E. haem * F. thyroxine
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An otherwise healthy 33-year-old man has mild weakness and occasional episodes of steady, severe abdominal pain, but no diarrhoea. One aunt and a cousin have had similar episodes. During an episode his abdomen is distended, and bowel sounds are decreased. Neurological examination shows a mild weakness in the upper arms. These finding suggest a defect in the biosynthetic pathway for:
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Q: Name an encapsulated Gram-positive organism that usually grows in pairs or short chains.
A: Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Q: A 7-year-old girl has a high fever and a sore throat. There is pharyngeal redness, and aswollen right tonsil with creamy exudate, and painful right submandibular lymphadenopathy. Throat culture on blood agar yields numerous small β-haemolytic colonies that are inhibited by bacitracin. What is the likely cause of the illness?
A: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Extended Matching Items type questions can measure both the depth and breadth of knowledge and increase contextual learning
They make you think !! And are therefore better measures of the thinking processThey also make faculty think !!
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Structuring an EMI question:
5 components:
ThemeFocusOptionsLead inStems
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Theme: PneumoniaFocus: Causative agentsOptions: List 8-10 causative agents of pneumoniaLead in: For each of the following clinical short
scenarios, described below, select the most likely causative agent
Write a learning objective ( maturity, domain & hierarchy)
( Must, should, could, nice to know)
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Lead in: For each of the following clinical scenarios select the most likely causative agent
Stems: a) A 65 year old smoker presenting with cough and…
b) A 2 day old premature baby with … c) A 55 years old lady receiving radiotherapy for
carcinoma of the breast d) A 23 years old male homosexual with Kaposi’s sarcoma.. e) A Chinese migrant poultry worker….
