Using Precourse Formative Written Testing in a Pharmacology Class Greatly Increases Medical Students’ Performance in Final Written Summative Tests

<div>Percentage of students who passed and failed in the study arms (cohorts). Numbers of students are also given for each cohort. Moreover, the sequence of the study steps is reproduced in order to facilitate comparison between groups. Note that some students (<i>n</i> = 39) took part at the obligatory exam in clinical pharmacology (cohort 4, <i>n</i> = 213) which were not part of the cohorts 1, 2 or 3. That means cohort 2 and 3 are subgroups of cohort 4.</div>

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Figure 8: Using Precourse Formative Written Testing in a Pharmacology Class Greatly Increases Medical Students’ Performance in Final Written Summative Tests 

Figure 8 | Using Precourse Formative Written Testing in a Pharmacology Class Greatly Increases Medical Students’ Performance in Final Written Summative Tests 