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Table 5.

Changes in examination construction and delivery

Before	After
Separate examination for each course (3 examinations/examination block)	1 examination (includes questions from each course)
Multiple examination days (2-3 examination days)	1 examination day only
Number questions determined by each course and material covered (5-6 questions/lecture)	Standard 4 questions/lecture for every course
Each examination ≤ 100 questions	Total number determined by number of lectures
Each examination ≤ 100 questions	Examinations with ≥ 120 questions split into 2 parts
Only 1 course covered on each examination	All courses included in each examination
Separate examination review periods for each course	1 examination review period
Answers recorded on Scantron®	Answers recorded on Scantron®
1 Scantron® answer key	Multiple Scantron® keys for grading; 1 Scantron® answer key for each course