The impact of programmatic assessment on student learning: Theory versus practice

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 487-498

  Heeneman, Sylvia ^a   Oudkerk Pool, Andrea ^a   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^a,b   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a   Driessen, Erik W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929580083     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12645     Document Type: Article

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