Changes in performance: A 5-year longitudinal study of participants in a multi-source feedback programme

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1007-1013

  Violato, Claudio ^b   Lockyer, Jocelyn M ^a,b   Fidler, Herta ^b  

^a Continuing Medical Education ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

*feedback; Alberta; Clinical competence *standards; Family practice *standards; Longitudinal studies; Physicians, family *standards; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROFESSIONALISM; STUDENT T TEST;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 51649117156     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03127.x     Document Type: Article

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