Construct validity of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in psychiatry: Associations with the clinical skills examination and other indicators

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-128

  Park, Robin S ^a,b,c   Chibnall, John T ^a,b   Blaskiewicz, Robert J ^a,b   Furman, Gail E ^a,b   Powell, Jill K ^a,b   Mohr, Clinton J ^a,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*

^c Med Student Education in Psychiatry   (United States)

^d Psychiatry

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; PSYCHIATRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PSYCHIATRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 4043137161     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.28.2.122     Document Type: Article

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