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Twenty-five years ago, at the end of my two-month rotation in psychiatry, Edinburgh Medical School delivered the results of our student assessments by posting three lists of names on a departmental notice board. It was a nerve-racking experience for all of us, who would learn of having passed or failed in full view of our […]