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. 2024 Sep 10;57(3):218–221. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2024.388919

Table 1. Objective Quiz Questions and Correct Answers*.

Question

Correct answer

Test prior to medical school?

Yes, the MCAT

After high school?

Undergraduate/bachelor’s degree

Which undergraduate major is acceptable?

Any major is acceptable

Years to complete an undergraduate degree?

4 years

Do medical school applications include extracurriculars?

Yes

Years to complete medical school?

4 years

After medical school?

Residency training

List 3 types of physicians.

Many correct answers

List 3 types of nonphysician health care professionals.

Many correct answers

*The quiz was administered verbally by trained volunteers to individual students at the 2022 Asclepius Medical Camp for Youth. Student participants responded to each question in a short answer format, verbally, by recall. The questions and correct answers are paraphrased in the table for simplicity. The questions reflected locally pertinent basic knowledge about pursuing a career in medicine. The quiz was scored out of 10 possible marks, with the first question valued out of 2 possible marks, and the remainder valued at 1 mark each.

Abbreviation: MCAT, Medical College Admission Test