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Original Research

Comparison in the quality of distractors in three and four options type of multiple choice questions

Nourelhouda A A Rahma1 Pediatrics Department, University of Bahri, College of Medicine, Sudan
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Mahdi M A Shamad2 Dermatology and Venereology Department, University of Bahri, College of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan
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Muawia E A Idris1 Pediatrics Department, University of Bahri, College of Medicine, Sudan
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Omer Abdelgadir Elfaki3 Medical Education Department, King Khalid University, College of Medicine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Walyedldin E M Elfakey4 Department of Pediatrics, University of Bahri, College of Medicine;5 Medical Education Department;6 Pediatrics Department, Albaha University, College of Medicine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Karimeldin M A Salih3 Medical Education Department, King Khalid University, College of Medicine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;7 Medical Education Department, University of Bahri, College of Medicine, Pediatrics, Khartoum, SudanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 287-291 | Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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