The acceptability of 360-degree judgements as a method of assessing undergraduate medical students' personal and professional behaviours

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-57

  Rees, Charlotte ^a   Shepherd, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Educational measurement; Faculty; Focus groups; Professional competence *standards; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 12444281686     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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