A reliable and valid instrument to assess competency in basic surgical skills in second-year medical students

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 985-990

  Bramson, Rachel ^a   Sadoski, Mark ^a   Sanders, Charles W ^a   Van Walsum, Kim ^a   Wiprud, Robert ^a  

^a 108 Joe H Reynolds Medical Building ^*

Author keywords

Assessment of basic medical skills; Medical education; Surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 35148817488     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181514a29     Document Type: Article

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