Appropriate expertise and training for standardized patient assessment examiners

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-288

  Parkes, Jay ^b   Sinclair, Nancy ^b   McCarty, Teresita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JUDGMENT; MENTORS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRY; TEACHING;

EID: 70349451506     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.33.4.285     Document Type: Note

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