[Video presentations for examination questions in psychiatry : A pilot study].

Background: The master plan for medical studies 2020 (MM2020) aims at a restructuring of medical education. The examinations should represent the key element of the evaluation and electronically supported examination methods will be expanded.

Objective: Videos of actors displaying psychopathological phenomena were implemented into examination questions for the first time through the use of an electronically supported examination (e-examination) and therefore in accordance with the aims of MM2020.

Methods: A total of four multiple choice (MC) questions referencing short video representations of different psychopathological phenomena were formulated and shown to medical students within an e‑examination. The MC questions were evaluated with respect to scientific quality criteria and the medical students were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding their evaluation of the content and format of the MC questions after participating in the examination.

Results: The MC video questions were presented to the students directly following the regular e‑examination of the teaching module in psychiatry. Out of 69 students 60 participated in the study. The MC video questions had a high level of acceptance and positive evaluation by the students. With respect to the scientific quality criteria, the MC questions showed heterogeneous results.

Conclusion: Due to the versatile applicability and high efficiency, MC questions will continue to play an important role in medical examinations. In accordance with the aims of MM2020, it could be shown that psychiatric knowledge can be examined in a competence-oriented manner and with a practical orientation by means of video presentations in an e‑examination. A broader application of video presentations could complement electronically supported examinations in the discipline of psychiatry.