Can concept sorting provide a reliable, valid and sensitive measure of medical knowledge structure?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-278

  McLaughlin, Kevin ^a   Coderre, Sylvain ^a   Mortis, Garth ^a   Fick, Gordon ^a   Mandin, Henry ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Experts; Medical knowledge structure; Novices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALBERTA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KNOWLEDGE; NEPHROLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 36749101063     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-005-6029-3     Document Type: Article

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