Piloting TEbMP

TEbMP has now been piloted with thousands of students around the world. Pilot results are analyzed to determine the difficulty and sensitivity (discrimination index) of each question, and to establish benchmarks for communicative competence. Our question bank is confidential. However, you can click on the link below to try your luck with a mock version of TEbMP 1. In this mock exam, questions 1 to 10 are multiple choice. For questions 11 to 20, you have to type in the correct word or words. The computer will accept "American" or "English" spelling. Have some fun - give it a try!

http://www.quia.com/tq/473337.html

TEbMP II -the test of reading comprehension - has been piloted with cohorts of Australian, Chinese, Japanese and Malaysian health sciences students. The reading test questions are derived from articles (overviews and commentaries) in health profession journals published in the previous 5 years, and therefore reflect current usage. All piloted questions follow a multiple choice format. These questions have been analyzed for difficulty and sensitivity, and this information is being used to guide the development of additional questions.

TEbMP 3 - the test of written composition - was first piloted in 2007 with cohorts in Malaysia and Japan. Results have been analyzed to determine which aspects of writing distinguish between more and less competent writers.

Results of all of these exercises were presented at the 6th Asian Pacific Conference on Problem Based Learning (Tokyo, 2006) and the International Medical Education Conference (Kuala Lumpur, 2007).