Assessing Surgical Knowledge: A Primer on the Examination Policies of the American Board of Surgery

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 138-142

  Rhodes, Robert S ^a   Biester, Thomas W ^a   Bell Jr , Richard H ^a   Lewis Jr , Frank R ^a  

^a American Board of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

American Board of Surgery; board certification; examination development; Medical Knowledge; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Professionalism; unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BEHAVIOR; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; KNOWLEDGE; SPECIALTY BOARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249983510     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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