The validity of performance-based measures of clinical reasoning and alternative approaches

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-325

  Kreiter, Clarence D ^a   Bergus, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; IOWA; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

EID: 62749109089     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03281.x     Document Type: Article

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