Unprepared Retesting of First Year Knowledge: How Much Do Second Year Medical Students Remember?

Margot Weggemans1, Eugène J. F. M. Custers1, Olle Th.J. ten Cate1
1University Medical Center Utrecht, Center for Research and Development of Education, Heidelberglaan 100, HB room 4.05, P.O. Box 85500, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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