Reliability and validity of key feature cases for the self-assessment of colon and rectal surgeons

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-258

  Trudel, Judith L ^a,c   Bordage, Georges ^b   Downing, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON SURGERY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECTUM SURGERY; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 49849085519     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818233d3     Document Type: Article

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