Use of "standardized examinees" to screen for standardized-patient scoring bias in a clinical skills examination

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-13

  Worth Dickstein, Heidi ^a   Pangaro, Louis N ^a   MacMillan, Mary K ^b   Klass, Daniel J ^c   Shatzer, John H ^d  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^c The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14944351040     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1701_3     Document Type: Article

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