A simple instrument for the assessment of student performance in problem-based learning tutorials

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 634-641

  Sim, Si Mui ^a   Azila, Nor Mohd Adnan ^a   Lian, Lay Hoong ^a   Tan, Christina P L ^a   Tan, Nget Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

C IP skills; Consistency; Criteria guidelines; Intraclass correlations; Rating scores

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAM BUILDING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750730624     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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