How does a comprehensive clinical performance examination relate to ratings on the medical school student performance evaluation?

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-14

  Chen, Huiju Carrie ^a   Teherani, Arianne ^b   O'Sullivan, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751521547     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2011.536752     Document Type: Article

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