Guide to creating board review questions
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Gonzalo A. Romero, M.D. [3]
Overview
There are various medical board examinations for which people use questions similar to those seen on the exam, to practice for the exam. In general, questions alone are not sufficient to study for an exam. They are a supplemental tool to test ones knowledge, and help to solidify what they have learned.
Description
The aim of the questions is to teach rather than to test. The cognitive tasks that the questions should target can be one or more of the following:
- Making a diagnosis
- Ordering diagnostic tests
- Ordering treatment
- Identifying risk
- Interpreting data
- Recommending patient management
- Identifying clinical features
- Recognizing pathology
Wiki Board Review
The Wiki Doc Board Review aims to help test takers towards their exam preparation. On this section the user can access several Board Review Questions at different levels. They include USMLE STEP 1, USMLE STEP 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), USMLE STEP 3, MCAT and BOARD Certification.
This guide is geared towards editors who want to create and add questions contributing to the WBR Questions Pool.
Adding a Question Step by Step
- Go to the home page on WikiDoc, and click on the icon that says, "Board Review", or click here.
- Click on the icon that says "Click here to add questions".
- Type in your name in the Author Box
- Select the Exam Type
- Categories for the question will appear. Check off ONE main category, and the appropriate subcategory
- Introduce an Overall Explanation into the Box focusing on the correct answer choice
- Use the remaining boxes to type in the answers to the questions and the explanations for each of the answers.
- Select "Reviewed" if WBR Team has reviewed and approved the question. Click here to see the WBR checklist
- Add an image if you would like
- For more information about a question format click here here.
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