Pitfalls in assessment of competency-based educational objectives

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-414

  Lurie, Stephen J ^a   Mooney, Christopher J ^a   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955106924     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31820cdb28     Document Type: Review

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