Assessment of English proficiency in international medical graduates by physician examiners and standardized patients

Medical Education

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 762-766

  Rothman, Arthur I ^a   Cusimano, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Education, medical, undergraduate, standards; Educational measurement; International education exchange; Reproducibility of results; Research design; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LANGUAGE; ONTARIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034918050     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2001.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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