Optimising the reproducibility of a performance-based assessment test in midwifery education

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-145

  Govaerts, Marjan J B ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^b  

^a Kerkrade Midwifery School   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

competence assessment; midwifery; OSCE; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036050397     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015720302925     Document Type: Article

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