Can standardized patients replace physicians as OSCE examiners?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McLaughlin, Kevin ^a   Gregor, Laura ^a   Jones, Allan ^a   Coderre, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ANAMNESIS; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

ALBERTA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33644904098     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-12     Document Type: Article

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