"I just don't know what I'm supposed to know": Evaluating self-assessment skills of international pharmacy graduates in Canada

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-124

  Austin, Zubin ^a   Gregory, Paul A M ^a   Galli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE); Self assessment; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 44849105487     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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