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EMQs: a new component of the MRCOG Part 2 exam

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, UK

Paul Hodges, Item Bank Administrator

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RG, UK E-mail: phodges{at}rcog.org.uk (corresponding author)

Ian Ramsay, MRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist

Current Chair of MRCOG Part 2 EMQ Subcommittee Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK

Wendy Reid, FRCOG, Consultant Gynaecologist

Postgraduate Dean, First Chair of MRCOG Part 2 EMQ Subcommittee The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2QG, UK

This article describes the background to the decision to introduce Extended Matching Questions into the Part 2 MRCOG written examination. It outlines the customary structure of Extended Matching Questions, using two examples, and describes how they are written. The aims of the paper are to explain the educational and evaluative benefits of adding these questions to the range of examination formats, and to provide some tips to candidates on how to prepare for and successfully attempt them.

Keywords EMQs / MCQs / Part 2 MRCOG