Students' Perceptions of Assessment Practices in a Traditional Medical Curriculum

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-140

  Lindblom Ylänne, Sari ^a   Lonka, Kirsti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Examinations; Learning environment; Medical education; Study approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035235994     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011422517238     Document Type: Article

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