Content validity of a clinical problem solving test for use in recruitment to the acute specialties

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-25

  Crossingham, Gemma ^a   Gale, Thomas ^a   Roberts, Martin ^b   Carr, Alison ^a   Langton, Jeremy ^a   Anderson, Ian ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute specialties; Clinical problem solving test; Content validity; Machine marked test; Postgraduate; Specialty selection

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING TEST; CONTENT VALIDITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79958066239     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-1-23     Document Type: Short Survey

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