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Progress testing anytime and anywhere – Does a mobile-learning approach enhance the utility of a large-scale formative assessment tool?

Yassin Karaya Dean’s Office for Student Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Birger Reissa Dean’s Office for Student Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyView further author information
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Stefan K. Schauberb Centre for Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayView further author information
Pages 1154-1162 | Published online: 07 Aug 2020

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