Item analysis to improve reliability for an internal medicine undergraduate OSCE

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-113

  Auewarakul, Chirayu ^a   Downing, Steven M ^b   Praditsuwan, Rungnirand ^a   Jaturatamrong, Uapong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Generalizability; Item analysis; OSCE; Performance assessment; Reliability; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE;

EID: 23844493891     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-005-2315-3     Document Type: Article

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