A survey of medical students' views about the purposes and fairness of assessment

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 879-886

  Duffield, K E ^a   Spencer, J A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Education, medical, undergraduate Standards; Educational measurement Standards; England; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036400578     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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