Development of a test to evaluate residents' knowledge of medical procedures

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 430-432

  Grover, Shilpa ^a,b   Currier, Paul F ^b,c   Elinoff, Jason M ^b,c   Mouchantaf, Kevin J ^d   Katz, Joel T ^a,b   McMahon, Graham T ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical procedures; Residency training; Test development

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PARACENTESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70449715218     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.507     Document Type: Article

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