Patients' global ratings of student competence. Unreliable contamination or gold standard?

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1117-1121

  Wilkinson, Tim J ^a   Fontaine, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical competence standards; Education, medical standards; Educational measurement; Patient satisfaction; Professional patient relations

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036456637     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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