Psychometric properties of an instrument to measure the clinical learning environment

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-99

  Boor, K ^a   Scheele, F ^b   Van Der Vleuten, C P M ^c   Scherpbier, A J J A ^c   Teunissen, P W ^b   Sijtsma, K ^d  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical clerkship *standards; Education, medical, graduate *standards; Evaluation studies publication type ; Medical staff, hospital *standards; Psychometrics; Questionnaires *standards; Teaching *standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MEASURE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; THEORY; VALIDITY; VARIMAX ROTATION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 33845722162     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02651.x     Document Type: Article

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