Assessing the comparability of standardized patient and physician evaluations of clinical skills

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-97

  Anderson, Gavin G ^a   Leaves, Nicholas I ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sumit ^a   Zhang, Youming ^a   Walshe, Valerie ^a   Broxholme, John ^a   Abecasis, Gonçalo ^a   Levy, Elaine ^a   Zimmer, Michael ^a   Cox, Roger ^a   Cookson, William O C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

certification tests; clinical skills; physician judges; standardized patients; validity

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036047014     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015750009235     Document Type: Article

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