Learning to mark: A qualitative study of the experiences and concerns of medical markers

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hawthorne, Kamila ^a   Wood, Fiona ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a   Cannings John, Rebecca ^a   Houston, Helen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHER; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDGMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WALES; WRITING;

EID: 33744984612     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-25     Document Type: Article

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