A practical guide to assessing clinical decision-making skills using the key features approach

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1188-1194

  Farmer, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Page, Gordon ^b  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canada; Clinical competence standards; Decision making; Education, medical; Educational measurement methods standards; Problem based learning; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 28644437014     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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