Assessment for selection for the health care professions and specialty training: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 conference

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-223

  Prideaux, David ^a   Roberts, Chris ^b   Eva, Kevin ^c   Centeno, Angel ^d   Mccrorie, Peter ^e   Mcmanus, Chris ^f   Patterson, Fiona ^g   Powis, David ^h   Tekian, Ara ⁱ   Wilkinson, David ^j  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d University of Austral Argentina   (Argentina)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79952020286     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.551560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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