Hitting the mark: Negotiated marking and performance factors in the communication skills element of the VOICE examination

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-31

  Wiskin, Connie M D ^a   Allan, Teresa F ^b   Skelton, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*clinical competence; *communication; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement; England; Patient simulation; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXAMINATION; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037248463     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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