Formative assessment of the consultation performance of medical students in the setting of general practice using a modified version of the Leicester Assessment Package

Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 573-579

  McKinley, Robert K ^a   Fraser, Robin C ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^b   Hastings, Adrian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Education, medical, undergraduate, methods; Educational measurement, methods; Family practice, education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033931326     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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