Lecture halls without lectures--a proposal for medical education.

@article{Prober2012LectureHW,
  title={Lecture halls without lectures--a proposal for medical education.},
  author={Charles Prober and Chip Heath},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={2012},
  volume={366 18},
  pages={
          1657-9
        }
}
Medical education in this era of a vast medical canon can be improved without increasing the time it takes to earn a medical degree, if we make lessons “stickier” and embrace a learning strategy that is self-paced and mastery-based and that boosts engagement. 

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