Objectivity in objective structured clinical examinations: Checklists are no substitute for examiner commitment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-223

  Witkinson, Tim J ^a,c   Frampton, Christopher M ^a   Thompson Fawcett, Mark ^b   Egan, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037331802     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200302000-00021     Document Type: Article

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