Acquisition of clinical skills in postgraduate training for general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 494, 2003, Pages 677-682

  Kramer, Anneke W M ^a   Jansen, Koos J J M ^a   Düsman, Herman ^a   Tan, Lisa H C ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^b,c  

^a Natl Centre for Eval of Postgrad   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Curriculum; Education; Educational measurement; Family practice; Graduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; SATISFACTION; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; NETHERLANDS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0042697614     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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