A standard setting method with the best performing students as point of reference: Practical and affordable

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-160

  Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 77149172051     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903196979     Document Type: Article

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