Using Markov chain model to evaluate medical students’ trajectory on progress tests and predict USMLE step 1 scores---a retrospective cohort study in one medical school
Abstract Background Medical students must meet curricular expectations and pass national licensing examinations to become physicians. However, no previous studies explicitly modeled stages of medical students acquiring basic science knowledge. In this study, we employed an innovative statistical mod...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Education |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02633-8 |