An approach to the assessment of medical problem solving: Computerised Case-based Testing

When in 1974 the first group of medical students entered the medical school of Maastricht, the educational approach was in its early stages. the educational approach "Problem-Based Learning" (PBL) was adopted from McMaster university in Hamilton, Canada (Barrows, 1984; Woodward, 1987). Although quite revolutionary at the time, many of the essential components of this system could be implemented in the Dutch situation without requiring major revisions.