Quantitative assessment of a new preparatory tool for board certification in urology

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 558-561

  Macneily, A E ^a,c   Baverstock, R J ^a   Cole, G ^b   Morales, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Certification; Speciality boards; Urology education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATION; UROLOGY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; LICENCE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; ONTARIO; UROLOGY;

EID: 1642406836     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04661.x     Document Type: Article

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