Standard setting for OSCEs: Trial of borderline approach

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Kilminster, Sue ^a   Roberts, Trudie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; borderline groups; OSCE; standard setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 4444288555     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000038208.06099.9a     Document Type: Article

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