Validation of core medical knowledge by postgraduates and specialists

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 911-917

  Koens, Franciska ^a,b   Rademakers, Jany J D J M ^a   Ten Cate, Olle Th J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*specialism; Cinical competence *standards; Consultants; Humans; Physicians *standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALISM;

EID: 24744436922     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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