Growth of medical knowledge

Background  Knowledge is an essential component of medical competence and a major objective of medical education. Thus, the degree of acquisition of knowledge by students is one of the measures of the effectiveness of a medical curriculum. We studied the growth in student knowledge over the course of Maastricht Medical School's 6‐year problem‐based curriculum.

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