Use of an objective structured clinical examination in evaluating student performance

Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 338-344

  Prislin, Michael D ^a,b,c   Fitzpatrick, Camille F ^a   Lie, Désirée ^a   Giglio, Mark ^a   Radecki, Stephen ^a   Lewis, Ellen ^b   Ahearn, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Building 200 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0031806996     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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