Our Experience in Computer-Based Test Development Using Video and Audio Material

Abstract

　When introducing the computer-based test (CBT) to the National Medical Licensing Examination, it is desirable to introduce question items with video and audio to take advantage of the characteristics of computers and to fill in the gaps between the audiovisual information presented in the exam and in clinical practice. 　To this end, it is necessary to collect appropriate video and audio materials and to establish the know-how and human resource development for creating items that make use of these materials.　The authors have been engaged in the development of video/audio-assisted CBT for 12 years. In the Kawakita Group of the Health Labour Sciences Research Grant projects, video/audio-assisted question items were given in the CBT trials for the National Medical Licensing Examination. Also, a manual and workshops for video/audio-assisted CBT have been prepared. Based on these experiences, this paper discusses the merits and challenges of CBT for the National Medical Licensing Exam.