Components of postgraduate competence: Analyses of thirty years of longitudinal data

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 982-989

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Paskin, David L ^a   Callahan, Clara A ^a   Nasca, Thomas J ^a   Louis, Daniel Z ^a   Veloski, Jon ^a   Erdmann, James B ^b   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

*Education, medical, graduate; Clinical competence *standards; Female; Humans; Longitudinal studies; Male; Professional practice *standards; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LICENSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMETRY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 34848817741     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02841.x     Document Type: Article

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