The risks of thoroughness: Reliability and validity of global ratings and checklists in an OSCE

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Cunnington, J P W ^a   Neville, A J ^a   Norman, G R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Checklists; Global scores; Medical student assessment; OSCE; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001528115     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018369124027     Document Type: Article

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