Multiple mini-interviews versus traditional interviews: Stakeholder acceptability comparison

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 993-1000

  Razack, Saleem ^a,b   Faremo, Sonia ^b   Drolet, France ^b   Snell, Linda ^b   Wiseman, Jeffrey ^b   Pickering, Joyce ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70349230984     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03447.x     Document Type: Article

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