Dropping the non-core subjects from undergraduate final professional examination: How it would impact the results

• Main Authors: Thomas, Puthiaparampil T., Nariman, Singmamae, Shazrina, Ahmad Razali, Sabrina, Lukas, Chai, Chee Shee, Rahman, Md Mizanur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2022
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38176/1/Dropping%20the%20non-core%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38176/; http://www.e-mjm.org/

Introduction: Observing the dearth of distinctions in the two decades of final professional medical examinations (FPE) caused concern. Multiple True False (MTF) tests with penalty scoring pulling down the scores was considered one reason. Another possible reason was having too many subjects cove...