Test-Only Learning via Virtual Patients to Improve Surgical Illness Scripts of Preclinical Medical Students as a Preparation for Clinical Clerkships: An Experimental Study.

Test-only learning as a spaced repetition of online formative testlets is effective in preparing preclinical medical students to the clinical clerkship. Through using this approach in preclinical period, they can prepare themselves for the clinical environment to optimize the benefits derived from clerkships.