Manson Flashcards selection process

One part of the OVAL Project has been to integrate questions from Manson Publishing's series of Self-Assessment Colour Review books. Manson kindly agreed to open access to 10% of the questions within each of these books and have them integrated into WikiVet in a 'flashcard' format. This format enables the user to view a picture, then there are some questions related to that image (often of a case). The user can click to reveal the answer, and then follow a link to the relevant WikiVet article. The tricky part of this process is to select which questions to choose, as there are some really great questions!

A Veterinary graduate has been reading through the books and shortlisted questions that would be most suitable for incorporation into WikiVet. A number of criteria have been used to select the best questions, some of which include:

• The questions do not give away the answer
• The questions are relevant to a global audience
• The image is of a high quality and is integral to the question
• The answer is sufficiently succinct and in a format that is easily readable
• There are only 1 or 2 images as part of the question

Once these questions and images have been shortlisted, the next task involves selecting which will represent the book. Time is taken ensuring that the questions represent an appropriate spread across the topic that reflects the importance of the different problems represented. It is hoped that the 10% of questions selected give a good representation of the book itself and the topic. Some of these questions can be viewed at http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Manson.