How do physicians assess their family physician colleagues' performance? Creating a rubric to inform assessment and feedback

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Sargeant, Joan ^a   Macleod, Tanya ^a   Sinclair, Douglas ^b   Power, Mary ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Nova Scotia Physician Achievement Review   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Feedback; Multisource; Peer; Qualitative; Research; Rubric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALBERTA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEDICINE; NOVA SCOTIA; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79958712673     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20111     Document Type: Article

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