Multiple choice questions: Their value as an assessment tool

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 661-666

  Moss, E ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035204032     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200112000-00011     Document Type: Review

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