Evaluating psychiatric clinical clerks with a mini-objective structured clinical examination

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-225

  Hodges, Brian ^a,b   Lofchy, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031452773     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03341435     Document Type: Review

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