Effects of item and rater characteristics on checklist recording: What should we look for?

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 852-858

  Huber, Philippe ^a   Baroffio, Anne ^a   Chamot, Eric ^b   Herrmann, François ^a   Nendaz, Mathieu R ^a   Vu, Nu V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence *standards; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Outcome assessment (health care) *standards; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; RECORDING; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 23044503425     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02226.x     Document Type: Review

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