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GMS Journal for Medical Education

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From individual methods to a programmatic approach to assessment, assessment in an educational setting

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  • corresponding author Lambert Schuwirth - Maastricht University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Educational Development and Research, Maastricht, Netherland

GMS Z Med Ausbild 2007;24(3):Doc135

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.egms.de/en/journals/zma/2007-24/zma000429.shtml

Received: May 31, 2007
Published: August 15, 2007

© 2007 Schuwirth.
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For long developments in assessment have been dominated by the search for the optimal instrument to test medical competence. As such the main purpose of tests has been to distinguish the competent from the non-competent students. In educational settings, however, a more important goal may be to diagnose how a particular student can become more competent. For this a programme of assessment is more suitable than a single instrument. In this presentation the case for such a programmatic approach will be made.