Viewpoint: Taking apart the art: The risk of anatomizing clinical competence

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 536-541

  Huddle, Thomas S ^a   Heudebert, Gustavo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249743186     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3180555935     Document Type: Review

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