Students' and assessors' attitudes towards students' self-assessment of their personal and professional behaviours

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-39

  Rees, Charlotte ^a   Shepherd, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Faculty; Feedback; Focus groups; Professional competence standards; Self assessment (psychology); Social behaviour; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 12444265697     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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