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Committee Member Selection Process for Medical Examinations in Canada

Learn about the meticulous selection process for committee members involved in the examination production for medical professionals in Canada, including question generation, oral exam production, and written exam procedures.

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Committee Member Selection Process for Medical Examinations in Canada

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  1. Examination Production Selection of Committee Members

  2. Committee • Each teaching centre in Canada supplies 2 examiners • Rural examiners are also selected based on recommendation from committee members • Special effort is made to include Emergency subgroups: Pediatrics, Toxicology, Trauma, Intensive Care etc • The term is 5 years. This can be extended .

  3. Committee • Members chosen based on their personality, relationship with the specialty, and expertise • Current members hold a discussion at the end of exam “week” to fill slots of those retiring. • Offers are made to potential new members • Examiners on not paid for this service, nor do most get time from their jobs • It is a volunteer position

  4. ORAL EXAM PRODUCTION

  5. Question Generation -Starts in the early Fall for the Spring exam -Each committee member is asked by the Chief Examiner to write 3 or 4 questions with an answer key -all audiovisual materials must be included in e-format -These are sent to the Chief examiner -He/She reviews them. -in the the winter a sub group of 8 members (Blue Print committee) convene -The questions are rephrased, tossed out, or changed into acceptable format

  6. Final oral question production • Committee members meet to do a final review of the questions they will ask • Takes place while written exam is conducted • All committee members take the product reviewed by Blue print commitee and re-hash • Resources are used to ensure that the final question is sound

  7. Properties of a perfect Question: -relevant -tests for the “competent physician” -can be handled in the given amount of time -tests for the “cautious physician” -is discriminatory An A+ Question

  8. If We ask A+ Questions and you give A+ Answers, Everybody is happy!

  9. Written Exam • Question submission starts in September • Most committee members use tables as their resource • Rosen, Emergency Medicine Reports, Emergency Medicine Journals • Lists, Lists, Lists • All committee members review All questions by e-methods

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