Critiques on the objective structured clinical examination

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 478-482

  Barman, Arunodaya ^a,b  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia ^*

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Objectivity; Practicability; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27144463452     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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