Extended Matching Questions and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists written examination: An overview

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-66

  Samuels, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Examinations; Extended Matching Question (EMQ); RANZCP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33645157477     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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