How to encourage a lifelong learner? The complex relation between learning strategies and assessment in a medical curriculum

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 513-526

  van Woezik, Tamara ^a   Koksma, Jur ^a   Reuzel, Rob ^a   Jaarsma, Debbie ^b   Jan van der Wilt, Gert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assessment; curriculum; learning strategies; Lifelong learning; undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074030072     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1667954     Document Type: Article

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