The assessment of global minimum essential requirements in medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-595

  Stern, David T ^a   Wojtczak, Andrzej ^b   Schwarz, M Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Institute for International Medical Education   (United States)

^c China Medical Board of New York   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 0346656579     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159032000151295     Document Type: Article

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