Assessment of competence and progressive independence in postgraduate clinical training

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1156-1165

  Dijksterhuis, Marja G K ^a   Voorhuis, Marlies ^b   Teunissen, Pim W ^b   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^c   Ten Cate, Olle T J ^d   Braat, Didi D M ^e   Scheele, Fedde ^b  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TEACHER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 70450185110     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03509.x     Document Type: Article

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