Assessment in general practice: The predictive value of written-knowledge tests and a multiple-station examination for actual medical performance in daily practice

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-203

  Ram, Paul ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^b   Rethans, Jan Joost ^b   Schauten, Berna ^b   Hobma, Sjoerd ^b   Grol, Richard ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical competence; education, measurement; Education; Methods; education, medical, continuing; Methods; family practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; PERFORMANCE; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS;

EID: 0033008321     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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