EM.MCQ includes over 700 MCQ covering topics in Emergency Medicine and it has a number of features to aid you study.
The user can access questions in two study formats.
In the STUDY QUIZ the user chooses the topic areas to be included, difficulty and type of questions. The program then searches for all questions meeting these criteria and presents them in random order. There is no time limit; answers and accompanying notes are displayed immediately after each question is answered.
The second mode is the TIMED QUIZ, which is analogous to the standard 'written test'. The user chooses the number, type and time allowed to complete each question. The program randomly chooses questions and times the user while the test is being completed. The user can move forward or backward through the questions and answer them in any order. At the completion of time (or when the user chooses) the test is 'marked', correct answers and notes are displayed.
EM.MCQ remembers which questions you get right and which ones you get wrong, assigning a greater difficulty to those questions incorrectly answered. In this way the difficulty rating for each question is constantly adjusted.
The order of question responses are randomized during tests, this is done to reduce pattern recognition.
EM.MCQ incorporates simple completion (one option correct), multiple completion type and true/false multiple choice type questions. In addition questions can be entered into the database as grid questions. Grid questions include 5 correct and 5 incorrect responses. From each grid question EM.MCQ can randomly generate 147 different multiple choice questions.
The editing features allow users to add their own questions, edit existing questions, merge with databases made on other computers, add notes, references and perform spell checks. Study groups have a great opportunity to develop and pool questions.
Images of pathology results, X-rays, ECGs and illustrations can be linked to the questions or notes of MCQs to add a visual component to the learning process. Examples are included in the question database.
Limitations:
· 5 days trial
· Nag window
· The Merge Database option is disabled
