Assessing the mini-clinical evaluation exercise in comparison to a national specialty examination

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 950-956

  Hatala, Rose ^a,c   Ainslie, Martha ^b   Kassen, Barry O ^a   Mackie, Iain ^a   Roberts, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

*clinical clerkship; Canada; Clinical competence *standards; Surgery *education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION IN INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINI CLINICAL EVALUATION EXERCISE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY;

EID: 33748925730     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02566.x     Document Type: Article

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