Assessing professional and clinical competence: The way forward

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Brown, Nick ^a,c,d,e   Doshi, Monica ^b  

^a Lyndon Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^e West Midlands Regional Training Committee   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644750093     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.12.2.81     Document Type: Article

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