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2005 SAAAPA Challenge Bowl
Call for Questions
| Registration for the National Medical Challenge Bowl
opens on March 15 at 10:00 a.m., EST. Registration is on a first-come/first-served
basis and only 49 slots are available (44 from the open registration
and the five regional challenge bowl winners). In addition, only
fully-registered student societies with recognized AOR, HOD, and
Diversity representatives are eligible to register. You can double
check your student society’s eligibility on the SAAAPA Web site,
http://saaapa.aapa.org.
If you have any questions about your registration status, please
e-mail students@aapa.org.
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Barbara Carter
SAAAPA Staff Advisor
The Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician
Assistants (SAAAPA) wants your help! New questions are needed for
the upcoming SAAAPA National Medical Challenge Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
We are asking each program to submit 20 questions by March 25.
Because the Medical Challenge Bowl is an oral competition,
questions that may be excellent on written examinations may not be
appropriate for use in the Challenge Bowl. When selecting your questions,
please keep in mind the unique way in which they will be used.
The following hints may be helpful when preparing questions:
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Questions should ideally be written in the form
of open-ended questions with only one, clear answer.
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True/false questions are not appropriate.
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Treatment-oriented questions are generally problematic
because many variations in a condition exist, and treatment opinions
vary.
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Diagnostic questions should present the “textbook”
case and include as many details as possible to avoid the controversy
of an unclear diagnosis.
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Questions and, ideally, answers should be as short
as possible.
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Questions pertaining to specific populations (e.g.,
pediatrics, orthopedics) should be stated explicitly.
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Multiple-choice questions should be avoided.
Please submit your questions, answers, and references
electronically to bcarter@aapa.org.
If you have questions, call me at 703/836-2272, ext. 3311. Thank you
for your help in contributing to the continued success of the 15th
Annual National Medical Challenge Bowl — a conference favorite
of students and faculty alike.
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