Initial evaluation of the first year of the Foundation Assessment Programme

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-81

  Davies, Helena ^b   Archer, Julian ^a,c   Southgate, Lesley ^d   Norcini, John ^e  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

*Education, medical, graduate; Clinical competence *standards; Decision making; England; Evaluation studies publication type ; Judgement; Medical history taking; Physical examination; Professional practice *standards; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COURSE EVALUATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 58149093337     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03249.x     Document Type: Article

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