About this event
The Healthcare Issues Exam is an individual recognition event for the Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate divisions that tests how well members follow current health news. The 50-question multiple-choice test is taken in 60 minutes with an essay tiebreaker and dress bonus points. Questions are written from four sources this year: Medical News Today, Johns Hopkins Public Health headlines, Science Daily's health news and Healthline's health news; CBS News Healthwatch, MedlinePlus Magazine, Global Health and NBC Health were retired. Each level covers a different publication window: a regional test, where offered, uses stories posted from July 1 to October 15, a state test uses July 1 to December 1, and the ILC test uses December 1 to March 15. No percentage test plan is published because the content changes with the news. There is no second round; ties are broken by the essay.
Test day
What to expect
60 minutes, 50 questions
You have 60 minutes for 50 questions written from the event's published test plan. Official format: 50-question test, 60 minutes, plus an essay tiebreaker.
Written from the test plan
Questions follow the event's published test plan, section by section, and are written from the listed reference texts. Practice questions here are drawn in the same proportions.
How you advance
How many advance from regionals to states and on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) depends on your association's rules. Study the official test plan: it lists each section and its share of the test.
What's on the test
Study resources
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