Are orals worth talking about?

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-93

  Spike, Neil ^a   Jolly, Brian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; RELIABILITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037300465     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01422.x     Document Type: Note

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