A sequenced OSCE for licensure: Administrative issues, results and myths

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-236

  Smee, Sydney M ^a   Dauphinee, W Dale ^a   Blackmore, David E ^a   Rothman, Arthur I ^b   Reznick, Richard K ^b   Des Marchais, Jacques ^a  

^a Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Licensing examinations; OSCE; Performance assessment; Sequenced testing; Standard setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARD;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0642365227     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026047729543     Document Type: Article

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