Progress testing internationally

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Freeman, Adrian ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^b   Nouns, Zineb ^c   Ricketts, Chris ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953152316     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.485231     Document Type: Note

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