Real-time standardized participant grading of an objective structured clinical examination

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-275

  Stowe, Cindy D ^a,b   Gardner, Stephanie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Inter rater reliability; Objective structured clinical examination; Standardized participants

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644449282     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690341     Document Type: Article

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