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Table 1 Most frequent assessment formats

From: Evidence of gender bias in True-False-Abstain medical examinations

assessment format

proportion of all assessments

course work

8.6%

Essay

15.3%

in class assessment

5.3%

lab studies

1.9%

OSCE

4.4%

short answer

25.8%

single phrase

5.0%

spotter

3.9%

single word answer

2.2%

true/false/abstain

36.9%

Viva

1.4%