Portfolio assessment during medical internships: How to obtain a reliable and feasible assessment procedure?

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Michels, N R M ^a   Driessen, E W ^b   Muijtjens, A M M ^b   Van Gaal, L F ^a   Bossaert, L L ^a   De Winter, B Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical competences; Feasibility; Internship; Medical education; Portfolio; Reliability; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249119261     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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