Assessing the written communication skills of medical school graduates

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-60

  Boulet, John R ^a   Rebbecchi, Thomas A ^a   Denton, Elizabeth C ^a   Mckinley, Danette W ^a   Whelan, Gerald P ^a  

^a Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification tests; Reliability; Standardized patient; Validity; Written communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; ANAMNESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 3342912106     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000012216.39378.15     Document Type: Article

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