Associations between item characteristics and statistical performance for paediatric medical student multiple choice assessments.

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are commonly used in medical student assessments but often prepared by clinicians without formal education qualifications. This study aimed to inform the question writing process by investigating the association between MCQ characteristics and commonly used statistical measures of individual item quality for a paediatric medical term. Item characteristics and statistics for five consecutive annual barrier paediatric medical student assessments (each n=60 items) were examined retrospectively.

Panel 1: Epidemiology and global health, including child development, sequelae and complications.

Objective: To summarise the published research evidence on the epidemiology of otitis media, including the risk factors and sequelae associated with this condition.

Data Sources: Medline (PubMed), Embase, and the Cochrane Library covering the period from 2019 to June 1st 2023.

Review Methods: We conducted a broad search strategy using otitis [Medical Subject Heading] combined with text words to identify relevant articles on the prevalence, incidence, risk factors, complications, and sequelae for acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and chronic suppurative otitis media.

The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study.

Objectives: To explore the views of parents and carers regarding the management of acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who are at low risk of complications living in urban communities.

Study Design: Qualitative study; semi-structured interviews and short telephone survey.

Setting, Participants: Interviews: purposive sample of parents and carers of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (18 months - 16 years old) screened in Aboriginal medical services in Queensland, New South Wales, and Canberra for the WATCH study, a randomised controlled trial that compared immediate antibiotic therapy with watchful waiting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with acute otitis media.

INdigenous Systems and Policies Improved and Reimagined for Ear and hearing care (INSPIRE): a multi-method study protocol.

Introduction: Otitis media (middle ear disease) severity and chronicity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as gaps in socioeconomic outcomes related to hearing loss, indicates a breakdown in the current ear and hearing care system. The ear and hearing care system spans multiple sectors due to long-term impacts of otitis media and hearing loss in health, education and employment, necessitating a multi-disciplinary cross-sectorial approach to ear and hearing care. Public policies shape the current ear and hearing care system and here it is argued that a critical public policy analysis across different sectors is needed, with strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and guidance.

An Opportunity to See the Heart Defect Physically: Medical Student Experiences of Technology-Enhanced Learning with 3D Printed Models of Congenital Heart Disease.

Unlabelled: Three-dimensional (3D) printing is increasingly used in medical education and paediatric cardiology. A technology-enhanced learning (TEL) module was designed to accompany 3D printed models of congenital heart disease (CHD) to aid in the teaching of medical students. There are few studies evaluating the attitudes and perceptions of medical students regarding their experience of learning about CHD using 3D printing.