Inter-examiner reliability of the clinical parts of MRCPsych part II examinations

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 342-344

  Oyebode, Femi ^a   George, Sanju ^b   Math, Veena ^c   Haque, Sayeed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34548628480     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.106.012906     Document Type: Article

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