Veterinary students' attitudes toward the assessment of clinical reasoning using extended matching questions

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 612-621

  Tomlin, Jane L ^a   Pead, Matthew J ^a   May, Stephen A ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical reasoning; Extended matching questions; Student attitude; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; STUDENTS;

EID: 62949185842     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.35.4.612     Document Type: Article

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