How do examiners decide?: A qualitative study of the process of decision making in the oral examination component of the MRCGP examination

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 764-771

  Yaphe, John ^a,c   Street, Simon ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Kidlington Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Data collection; Decision making; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement standard; England; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0041526371     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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