Assessing clinical competence: A pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of a standardised patient-based practical examination as a component of the Swiss certification process

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 136, Issue 25-26, 2006, Pages 392-399

  Vu, Nu V ^a   Baroffio, Anne ^a   Huber, Philippe ^a   Layat, Carine ^a   Gerbase, Margaret ^a   Nendaz, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Certification; Clinical competence; Performance based examination; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 33745781665     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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