Computer-based testing in family practice certification and recertification

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-232

  Hagen, Michael D ^a,b   Sumner, Walton ^c   Roussel, Guy ^a,b   Rovinelli, Richard ^b   Xu, Jinzhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Assessment Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CERTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECERTIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN;

BAYES THEOREM; CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS;

EID: 0042470241     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.3.227     Document Type: Article

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