Medical specialist examinations: Item format types and minimising error

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Jones, R W ^a,b  

^a Australia New Zealand College of Anaesthetists   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Error; Examinations; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CERTIFICATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; ERROR; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 33847361099     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500111     Document Type: Article

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