Do baseline data influence standard setting for a clinical skills examination?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Wayne, Diane B ^a   Barsuk, Jeffrey H ^b   Cohen, Elaine ^b   McGaghie, William C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STANDARD; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 34748831085     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318141f464     Document Type: Article

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