Transoesophageal Echocardiography—Study Guide and Practice MCQs

A Simplified MCQs Interpretation Guide for Faculty.

OBJECTIVE To devise a guide for faculty to interpret Psychometric Analysis of MCQs followed by its assessment. STUDY DESIGN Across-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, from January to July 2009. METHODOLOGY A simplified interpretation guide comprising of a visual format and an interpretive summary was designed for faculty members to help them ...

MCQs in psychiatry

MCQs – Single Best Answer

The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination has three components: MCQs, Vivas and Clinical Examination. The Vivas are further divided into five sections comprising Basic Science, Adult Pathology, Hands, Children’s Orthopaedics and Trauma. The Clinical Examination section is divided into upperand lower-limb cases. The aim of this section in the Journal is to focus specifically on the trainees preparing for...

MCQs and EMQs – Single Best Answer

The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination has three components: MCQs, Vivas and Clinical Examination. The Vivas are further divided into five sections comprising Basic Science, Adult Pathology, Hands, Children’s Orthopaedics and Trauma. The Clinical Examination section is divided into upperand lower-limb cases. The aim of this section in the Journal is to focus specifically on the trainees preparing for...

A Guide to Good Practice

In the last issue of 'Mental Health' David Boorer examined the need for a code of practice for staff working in psychiatric hospitals and assessed the consultative and preparatory work to be done, if such a code were to be of practical value. The code, renamed guidelines', has now been drawn up and is printed here in the form in which it has been submitted to the organisations involved in its d...