Is test security a concern when OSCE stations are repeated across clerkship rotations?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-289

  Niehaus, Amy H ^a   DaRosa, Debra A ^a   Markwell, Stephen J ^a   Folse, Roland ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0029961990     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199603000-00023     Document Type: Article

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