Measuring the success of an objective structured clinical examination for dietetic students

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-216

  Hawker, J A ^a,b   Walker, K Z ^a   Barrington, V ^b   Andrianopoulos, N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency based education; Dietetic education; OSCE; Preclinical; Predictive; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIETETICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARD; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIETETICS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 77953787296     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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