Using factor analysis to evaluate checklist items

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  McKinley, Danette Waller ^a   Boulet, John R ^b  

^a Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXAMINATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25644434231     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200510001-00027     Document Type: Article

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