Measuring teaching effectiveness in a pre-clinical multi-instructor course: A case study in the development and application of a brief instructor rating scale

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-129

  Leamon, Martin H ^a,b   Fields, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 20344373436     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1702_5     Document Type: Article

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