Under the patronage of the President of the University of Mosul, Prof Dr Qusay K. al-Ahmadi, in the presence of the Vice-Scientific, Prof Dr Munir S. Taha, and in the presence of some members of the Committee of Deans of the Colleges of Medicine in Iraq, under the supervision and presence of the Dean of the College of Medicine, Prof Dr Basil M. Natheer Saeed, in cooperation with the Webinar Foundation for the Development of Education Medical in the Middle East and North Africa, the webinar entitled “The Basic Rules for Creating Multiple Choice Questions” were held on Friday, 3rd July 2020. Initially, His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof Dr Nabil K. Abdel-Saheb sent his regards to the attendees and all participants; he blessed these sincere efforts to enrich the joint scientific cooperation with University of Mosul on the one hand and the Faimer Foundation on the other. Then, the Dean kindly gave a welcome speech, then an opening speech to Dr Samar Abdel Azim, Director and Member of the Executive Council of the ASU-MENA-FRI Regional Foundation. The webinar consisted of two scientific lectures, the first for a teaching staff of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, lecturer Dr Omaima A. Ibrahim, titled “How do we prepare multiple-choice questions according to the basic rules? While the second lecture was given by Dr Mohamed Hassanein, an associate Prof of Medical Education and Clinical Biochemistry, and a college member of the Medical Education Fellowship Program whose lecture was titled “an analysis of the items of the questions in an easy way” The lectures also included questions, discussions and interventions by the attendees.

The webinar discussed how to select multiple choice questions in general. Emphasis was placed on explaining the only-choice questions and how to analyse the single question, with an indication of determining its level of difficulty and level of sobriety. It aimed to give the basic rules on how to develop multiple-choice questions, and how to make multiple-choice questions can measure high levels of application and evaluation of innovation to ensure achievement of education outcomes and goals. As well as the ability to analyse questions and estimate the level of difficulty in an easy and simple way for future benefit of developing questions and updating them by the teaching staff.

The webinar concluded that the questions must be put in a good way ensuring the students ’level, motivate them to think logically, apply theoretical information in a practical way, and ensure that the desired educational goals are achieved. To view the video click here.