WBR quality checklist

Overview

The goal of the Board Review Questions Project is to create a universally accessible free repository of Board Review Questions which are targeted at multiple educational levels. All questions must be original and cannot violate Wikidoc's strict policies regarding plagiarism. Liability related to copyright violations regarding board review questions rests with the person who prepared the question. Please notify WikiDoc in writing if you feel that there has been a copyright violation regarding a board review question. Board review questions are reviewed and discussed by the WikiDoc Scholars on Monday mornings at 10:30 AM Eastern time. After creating the questions the editor can quality check his or her own work using the quality checklist WBR quality checklist. Board review questions must be approved by the Editors-in-Chief prior to uploading them onto the WikiDoc site.

WBR Quality Checklist

Standard	Items
1. Correct Classification	Board level Subject/Category System/sub-category High yield topic (frequently tested)
2. Question Stem/Prompt	Logical order (clinical cases): age and gender → chief complaint (time frame) → past medical history → physical exam (vitals) → ECG → image (physical exam, biopsy, CXR, CT) → Lab results Commonly asked question prompt, see guide (i.e. What is the most likely)? Main article: How to create a board review question § USMLE Step 1 Question Format Jump question Image in stem (CXR/CT/MRI, biopsy, graph, microscopy) Question length: short (1-2 lines), medium (3-4 lines), long (>4 lines)
3. Answer Choices	Clear distractors Image for each answer choice Use of current guidelines/algorithms Answer choice placement
4. Overall Explanation	Included patient’s presentation (pertinent positives and negatives) Integrated clinical knowledge with tested topic High yield content Educational objective (1 or 2 take-home sentences/phrases) WikiDoc-Mnemonic: own & unique or from common source (FA 2014) Working hyperlinks to relevant info Medical thinking
5. Answer Choices Explanations	Correct answer: summarized relevant info Incorrect choice ___ explanation Incorrect choice ___ explanation Incorrect choice ___ explanation Incorrect choice ___ explanation Appropriate length High yield facts Working hyperlinks to relevant info
6. Promoting WikiDoc Use	Used WikiDoc info Used relevant working hyperlinks Link to more relevant information at the end of the overall explanation, example: Main article: Dyspnea § Differentiating Dyspnea from other Diseases
7. English	Question Format Grammar Case story-telling Punctuation Word choice Correct medical abbreviations from USMLE.org (vitals)
8. References	Cited used references Respected Copyright sources and avoided plagiarism How to avoid plagiarism Used Copyleft sources
9. Creativity	Visual materials WikiDoc-Mnemonic
10. Include into the WBR Question List	Included question into list of questions WBR Correct classification for board level Working hyperlinks to WBR0____ Correct classification for subject/Category Correct classification for system/sub-category Correct classification for High-Yield Correct classification for keywords Correct classification for author

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