Examination of a clinical teaching effectiveness instrument used for summative faculty assessment

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-361

  Bierer, S Beth ^a   Hull, Alan L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical teaching effectiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 35648951224     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278707307906     Document Type: Article

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