• Vol. 34 No. 8, 471–472
  • 15 September 2005

Towards Better Practices in Medical Student Assessment

Decades ago, when the science of medical education was just beginning to take a formal shape, one of its early doyens, the late Professor George E Miller (1919-98) observed emphatically that “assessment drives students learning” . Assessment not only determines what students will learn, but also determines their learning behaviour and the strategies they adopt.

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