Assessing Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-92

  Lynch, Deirdre C ^a   Swing, Susan R ^a   Horowitz, Sheldon D ^b   Holt, Kathleen ^a   Messer, Joseph V ^c  

^a Accreditation Cncl Grad Med Educ   (United States)

^b American Board of Medical Specialties   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCREDITATION; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCALE UP; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1442348912     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1601_17     Document Type: Review

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