Assessing Reflective Writing on a Pediatric Clerkship by Using a Modified Bloom's Taxonomy

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Plack, Margaret M ^a   Driscoll, Maryanne ^b   Marquez, Maria ^c   Cuppernull, Lynn ^d   Maring, Joyce ^a   Greenberg, Larrie ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; Bloom's Taxonomy; higher order thinking; reflection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITICAL THINKING; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRICS; WRITING;

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRICS; WRITING;

EID: 34547093844     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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