Medical educators' metaphoric talk about their assessment relationships with students: 'you don't want to sort of be the one who sticks the knife in them'

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-467

  Rees, Charlotte E ^a   Knight, Lynn V ^b   Cleland, Jennifer A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessor student relationship; Focus group discussions; Medical education; Metaphor analysis; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953254296     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802071098     Document Type: Article

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