Choosing and designing knowledge assessments: Experience at a new medical school

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 578-581

  Freeman, Adrian C ^a   Ricketts, Chris ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENCHMARKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955007136     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421591003614858     Document Type: Article

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