The clinical skills assessment for international medical graduates in the Netherlands

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Sonderen, Marye J ^a   Denessen, Eddie ^b   Cate, Olle Th J Ten ^c   Splinter, Ted A W ^d   Postma, Cornelis T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FOREIGN WORKER; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA;

EID: 70450210021     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903067220     Document Type: Review

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