The testing effect on skills learning might last 6 months

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-401

  Kromann, C B ^a,b   Bohnstedt, C ^a   Jensen, M L ^a   Ringsted, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment; Long term retention; Resuscitation; Simulation training; Skills learning; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEACHING; TIME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956870639     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9207-x     Document Type: Article

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