Title: Beyond Recall: developing discriminatory multiple-choice questions for competency based assessment
Summary description in the English Language: emphasizes how MCQs should go beyond simple memory testing and instead measure higher-order competencies such as interpretation, application, and clinical or professional judgment. The approach focuses on crafting well-structured stems that present realistic scenarios, plausible distractors that reflect common misconceptions, and answer options that require candidates to demonstrate true understanding rather than memorized facts. It highlights the importance of aligning each question with clearly defined competencies, ensuring cognitive rigor through problem-solving tasks, and using psychometric data to evaluate item discrimination—how well a question differentiates between high and low performers. Overall, the work advocates for thoughtfully constructed MCQs as powerful tools for valid, reliable, competency-based assessment.
Presenter/s: Ass. Prof. Dr.Badraldin Kareem Hamad
Qualification: Assistant Prof.
Affiliation: Pharmacy College/ Hawler Medical University
Audience: Academician
Venue: College of Pharmacy
No. of Participants: 56
Day: Monday
Date: 8/12/2025
Time: 9:30 A.M.
