Person-task-context: A model for designing curriculum and in-training assessment in postgraduate education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-76

  Ringsted, C ^a,b   Skaarup, A M ^a   Henriksen, A H ^a   Davis, D ^a  

^a Copenhagen Hospital Corporation Postgraduate Medical Institute ^*  (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CURRICULUM; DENMARK; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646100091     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500237721     Document Type: Review

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