How can I know what I don't know? Poor self assessment in a well-defined domain

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-224

  Eva, Kevin W ^a   Cunnington, John P W ^a   Reiter, Harold I ^a   Keane, David R ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

evaluation; life long learning; professionalism; self assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; ONTARIO; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 4444384112     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000038209.65714.d4     Document Type: Article

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