The place of the oral examination in today's assessment systems

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-297

  Davis, Margery H ^a   Karunathilake, Indika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 23144455795     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500126437     Document Type: Note

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