Student perceptions of a portfolio assessment process

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Davis, Margery H ^a   Ponnamperuma, Gominda G ^a   Ker, Jean S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Attitude of health personnel; *Education, medical, undergraduate; Educational measurement *methods; Feedback; Perception; Scotland; Students, medical *psychology; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PERCEPTION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149086356     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03250.x     Document Type: Article

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