Computers in medical education 3: A possible tool for the assessment of clinical competence?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 602-604

  Devitt, Peter ^a,b   Palmer, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Computer; Medical education; Multimedia; Objective structured clinical examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT;

EID: 0031858063     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb02109.x     Document Type: Article

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