ReviewCognitive research: principles and implications2023
Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians' medical expertise: V. Using a motivational framework to understand the benefits and costs of testing.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment as a driver for learning: insights from a nationwide survey of endocrinologists.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Exploring factors influencing medical specialty choice among undergraduates in The Gambia: a situated expectancy-value theory approach.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians' medical expertise: III. Strengths and weaknesses of self-assessment.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2023Review
- Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians' medical expertise: IV. Best practices and open questions in using testing to enhance learning and retention.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2023Review
- Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians' medical expertise: I. Reimagining Maintenance of Certification to promote lifelong learning.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2023Review
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Abstract
We apply a motivational perspective to understand the implications of physicians' longitudinal assessment. We review the literature on situated expectancy-value theory, achievement goals, mindsets, anxiety, and stereotype threat in relation to testing and assessment. This review suggests several motivational benefits of testing as well as some potential challenges and costs posed by high-stakes, standardized tests. Many of the motivational benefits for testing can be understood from the equation of having the perceived benefits of the test outweigh the perceived costs of preparing for and taking the assessment. Attention to instructional framing, test purposes and values, and longitudinal assessment frameworks provide vehicles to further enhance motivational benefits and reduce potential costs of assessment.
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