The American Society for Clinical Pathology Resident In-Service Examination: Does Resident Performance Provide Insight into the Effectiveness of Clinical Pathology Education?

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-291

  McKenna, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CURRICULUM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EXAMINATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 34249820235     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2007.03.005     Document Type: Review

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