The effect of in-training assessment on clinical confidence in postgraduate education

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1261-1269

  Ringsted, Charlotte ^a,d   Pallisgaard, Jane ^a   Østergaard, Doris ^b   Scherpbier, Albert ^c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology education; Clinical competence *standards; Denmark; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement *standards; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DENMARK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; TRAINING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE;

EID: 10644231877     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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