Evidence for validity within workplace assessment: The Longitudinal Evaluation of Performance (LEP)

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 488-495

  Prescott Clements, Linda ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^b   Hurst, Yvonne ^a   Rennie, James S ^a  

^a NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical competence *standards; Education, dental, graduate *methods; Feasibility studies; Feedback; Scotland; Validation studies publication type

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 42149168657     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02965.x     Document Type: Article

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