Composite score validity in clerkship grading

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2009, Pages

  Corcoran, Julia ^a   Downing, Steven M ^a   Tekian, Ara ^a   Darosa, Debra A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; LICENCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDITY;

EID: 70350648189     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b37009     Document Type: Article

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