title: The development and use of a comprehensive test for evaluating decentralized medical education--the WAMI experience.
abstract: The development of a comprehensive examination at the end of the first year of medical school is discussed. The implications of the results for the evaluation of the WAMI Program in decentralized medical education are presented.
mesh_terms: D001113:Area Health Education Centers; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D014481:United States