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DEI Track

Miscellaneous
Workshop

Question Writing Workshop

Saturday, May 10, 2025
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 10, Upper Level

CME Invitation/Ticketed Event

    Co-Moderator(s)

  • Sharon Dykes, MD

    Roseville

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Shankar Raman, MD

    Mercy Surgical Affiliates
    Des Moines, IA

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Ann Lowry, MD (she/her/hers)

    Adjunct Professor of Surgery
    University of MInnesota
    University of Minnesota
    Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Identify fundamental problems with the construction of questions developed for testing purposes.
  • Explain how a key concept drives question development and explain the sequential thinking process used to write an acceptable question.
  • Demonstrate how to incorporate DEI considerations when writing a question.
Registration Required.
Registration Fee: $25 per person.

CME Credit: 3.75
Contact Hours: 3.75

Multiple areas of examination in colon and rectal surgery require written questions to assess knowledge. These include the qualifying written exam, continuous certification questions, CARSITE, and CARSEP. It is extremely difficult to write a good exam question, as many concepts are controversial, and what is not controversial can become trivial. This workshop will provide basic guidelines to help participants develop the skill of question writing and improve that skill with practice.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM PT
    Introduction

    Faculty: Sharon Dykes, MD

    Faculty: Shankar Raman, MD – Mercy Surgical Affiliates

  • 8:05 AM – 8:25 AM PT
    Key Concept – The Underpinnings

    Faculty: Michelle E. Murday, MD FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – UHCI St Marks Hospital Colon and Rectal Fellowship

  • 8:25 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    The Stem – The Pillars

    Faculty: V Liana Tsikitis, MD, MBA, MCR, FACS, FASCRS – Oregon Health and Sciences University

  • 8:45 AM – 9:05 AM PT
    The Answers – Make or Break a Good Stem

    Faculty: Michael S. McNevin, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine

  • 9:05 AM – 9:25 AM PT
    Critiques - Why They are So Important

    Faculty: Glenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd (he/him/his) – Keck School of Medicine of USC

  • 9:25 AM – 9:35 AM PT
    Break
  • 9:35 AM – 9:55 AM PT
    Reviewing Questions: Repair and Rescue or Reject

    Faculty: Shankar Raman, MD – Mercy Surgical Affiliates

  • 9:55 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    DEI in Question Writing

    Faculty: Sharon Dykes, MD

  • 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM PT
    Nuts and Bolts of Writing an Oral Examination Question

    Faculty: Kellie L. Mathis, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

  • 10:35 AM – 10:50 AM PT
    Break
  • 10:50 AM – 11:20 AM PT
    Creating the Perfect Question - It's Your Time to Write
  • 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Question Review