The use of progress testing

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-30

  Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^a,b   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities; Assessment; Collaboration; Educational; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899889698     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-012-0007-2     Document Type: Review

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