Muhammad Azeem, Sabir Ali, Ambreen Shaukat, Arfan-ul Haq.
Effectiveness of Incorporating MCQ in Orthodontic on Short Term Knowledge Retention of BDS students.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):206-8.

Aim : To determine the effect of incorporating multiple choice questions (MCQ ) in orthodontic lectures on knowledge retention of BDS students. Methods : Present study was conducted on 40 BDS final year students of Dental section, Faisalabad Medical University. Students were divided into 2 groups of 20 each. One group received a traditional didactic lecture and other received the same lecture integrated with atleast 3 MCQs. Students completed an assessment of MCQ before and immediately after the lecture to determine the effect on knowledge retention. ANOVA test was used for comparison of MCQ scores in both the groups. The level of significance was determined at p ≤ 0.05. Results : Results showed that incorporating MCQ in the orthodontic lectures led to statistically significant increase in MCQ scores immediately after the lecture. Conclusion : The incorporation of MCQ in orthodontic lectures does lead to a significant increase in short term knowledge retention of BDS students .

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