Improving the ability to discriminate medical multiple-choice questions through the analysis of the competitive examination to assign residency positions in Spain

Table 1 Distribution of analyzed questions by category and year

Year	Clinical	Etiology	Pathophysiology	Diagnostic Method	Others	Treatment	NA	Total
2009	46	15	9	54	53	51	1	229
2010	31	16	6	65	50	65	1	234
2011	38	17	7	58	43	69	2	234
2012	38	13	8	65	44	67	0	235
2013	33	17	11	71	41	60	0	233
2014	36	19	12	59	41	63	3	233
2015	47	23	11	53	43	53	0	230
2016	43	11	9	65	45	59	0	232
2017	37	8	7	66	50	60	1	229
2018	34	27	10	48	53	58	0	230
2019	25	18	13	44	28	53	0	181
2020	46	16	11	33	24	53	0	183
2021	48	8	17	58	19	57	0	207
Total	502	208	131	739	534	768	8	2890
%	17.4%	7.2%	4.5%	25.6%	18.5%	26.6%	0.3%	100%

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