Developing performance-based medical school assessment programs in resource-limited environments

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 192-198

  Vargas, Ana Lía ^a   Boulet, John R ^b   Errichetti, Anthony ^c   van Zanten, Marta ^b   López, María José ^a   Reta, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^b FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; LICENCE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ARGENTINA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547996281     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701316514     Document Type: Article

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