Assessment steers learning down the right road: Impact of progress testing on licensing examination performance

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 496-499

  Norman, Geoff ^a   Neville, Alan ^a   Blake, Jennifer M ^b   Mueller, Barber ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953146631     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.486063     Document Type: Article

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