Abstract:EDITORIALIn this fifth issue of CLINICS, we highlight a study by Tomic et al. on progress testing, a longitudinal tool which evaluates the learning curve of medical students through their medical school years. Identical tests were administered twice a year from 2001 to 2004 to 1 st to 6 th year students at the School of Medicine, University of São Paulo and show cognitive gains to be a continuous variable throughout the course (highly significant for trend) for basic sciences, clinical sciences, and clerkship … Show more
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