Selecting doctors for postgraduate training in paediatrics using a competency based assessment centre

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 444-448

  Randall, R ^b   Davies, H ^a   Patterson, F ^b   Farrell, K ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA;

EID: 33646378143     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.076653     Document Type: Review

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