Differences in knowledge development exposed by multi-curricular progress test data

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-605

  Muijtjens, Arno M M ^a   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^b   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Between school comparison; Curriculum diagnosis; Progress testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; CURRICULUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 57649167156     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-007-9066-2     Document Type: Article

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