Student trends and perspectives on medical education in a European medical school

This study provides important insights into the potential use of the IPUP as a tool for longitudinal assessment of the student perspectives on undergraduate medical education quality. The study showed that student evaluation of the course were overall very positive and highlights the stability of the scores' trends over the three academic years analysed, with only a slight decline observed in the Teacher Domain. The overall consistency of results over the years suggests, on one hand, strong reliability and, on the other, that the opportunities for improvement were not taken into account nor led to the implementation of significant changes, denoting the missed opportunity provided by these tools for the refinement of teaching and learning processes.