Examinations and curriculum in medical education and learning-assessment relations

Abstract

In recent times, the increasingly growing developments contribute to be configured to curriculum and examinations. Even though the curriculum planning and development are extremely important: it should be noted that students’ examination anxiety. We may consider it as the relationship among the student-tutorials-education program.

Keywords

• Assessment
• Curriculum
• Examination
• Learning
• Medical education
• Teaching

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