Creating a reliable and valid blueprint for the internal medicine clerkship evaluation

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 544-547

  McLaughlin, Kevin ^a,b   Lemaire, Jane ^a   Coderre, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALBERTA; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 27744486676     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500136113     Document Type: Article

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