Evaluation of curricula in higher education: Challenges for evaluators

Evaluation Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 430-450

  Spiel, Christiane ^a,b   Schober, Barbara ^a   Reimann, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University of Vienna ^*

Author keywords

Evaluation of curricula; Evaluation strategies; Higher education; Medical education; Physicians' competences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD;

AUSTRIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33745674572     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X05285077     Document Type: Article

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