The portfolio approach to competency-based assessment at the Cleveland clinic lerner college of medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-502

  Dannefer, Elaine F ^a   Henson, Lindsey C ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 34247632581     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31803ead30     Document Type: Review

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