Directed self-assessment: Practice and feedback within a social context

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Sargeant, Joan ^a   Mann, Karen ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^b   Metsemakers, Job ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Continuing professional development (CPD); Feedback; Learning; Multisource feedback; Practice change; Self assessment; Self perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 42549149596     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.155     Document Type: Article

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