Developing a new clinical skills assessment (CSA) for licensing UK general practitioners: The why, the how and the when

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-310

  Munro, Neil ^a   Hawthorne, Kamila ^a   Denney, Mei Ling ^a   Sales, David ^a   Robinson, Chris ^a   Rughani, Amar ^a   Patterson, Fiona ^b   Lewis, Malcolm ^a   Wass, Val ^c  

^a RCGP   (United Kingdom)

^b City University

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Examination; MRCGP; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENT; EXAMINATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33747034220     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2006.11864080     Document Type: Article

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