Should essays and other "open-ended"-type questions retain a place in written summative assessment in clinical medicine?

BMC Med Educ · 2014 · PMC4275935 · PMID 25431359

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In contrast they found that the combination of the SAQ paper and two multiple-choice papers showed a highly significant correlation with subsequent performance.

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