Using a longitudinal database to assess the validity of preceptors' ratings of clerkship performance

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Ferguson, Kristi J ^a   Kreiter, Clarence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clerkship evaluation; Clinical competence; Clinical performance; Clinical skills; Evaluation studies; Generalizability theory; Preceptor ratings; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542741068     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000012215.41645.7b     Document Type: Article

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