Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The curriculum
- 3 Syllabus
- 4 The new DRCOG examination
- 5 Extended matching questions
- 6 EMQ paper one
- 7 EMQ paper two
- 8 Single best answer (best of five) questions
- 9 Single best answer paper one
- 10 Single best answer paper two
- 11 Multiple choice questions
- 12 MCQ paper one
- 13 MCQ paper two
- 14 Ten tips for candidates
- 15 Answers
- Mock examinations answer sheets (blank)
- Index
4 - The new DRCOG examination
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The curriculum
- 3 Syllabus
- 4 The new DRCOG examination
- 5 Extended matching questions
- 6 EMQ paper one
- 7 EMQ paper two
- 8 Single best answer (best of five) questions
- 9 Single best answer paper one
- 10 Single best answer paper two
- 11 Multiple choice questions
- 12 MCQ paper one
- 13 MCQ paper two
- 14 Ten tips for candidates
- 15 Answers
- Mock examinations answer sheets (blank)
- Index
Summary
The new curriculum and syllabus will clearly drive forward the formative usage of the DRCOG in combination with the changes to GP training brought in under the Modernising Medical Careers initiative. Key to this will be ‘blueprinting’ of the examination (Figure 1). This is a method of checking that each examination question is categorised by what it aims to test, and the examination blueprint thus provides an overall picture of the entire examination's coverage. The aim is to ensure that the examination is testing as much of the syllabus as possible, with minimal duplication of testing the same domain of knowledge in the different question types.
Standard setting
Since April 2006, the DRCOG examination has had a pass mark that has been standard set. Standard setting is an acknowledgement that some multiple choice, single best answer (‘best of five’) and extended matching format questions are more difficult than others. Therefore, a different pass mark is used for each examination, depending on the overall difficulty of that examination. Pass marks will thus fluctuate and the RCOG has no fixed or predetermined quota of candidates that it aims to pass or fail. A panel of representative consultants and GPs implements the standard setting procedures for the DRCOG examination.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- DRCOG Revision GuideA Guide to Success in the New-Style Examination, pp. 31 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008