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- Title
Spaced education improves the retention of clinical knowledge by medical students: a randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Kerfoot, B Price; DeWolf, William C; Masser, Barbara A; Church, Paul A; Federman, Daniel D
- Abstract
Medical knowledge learned by trainees is often quickly forgotten. How can the educational process be tailored to shift learning into longer-term memory? We investigated whether 'spaced education', consisting of weekly e-mailed case scenarios and clinical questions, could improve the retention of students' learning.
- Publication
Medical education, 2007, Vol 41, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
0308-0110
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02644.x