Self-perceived competence correlates poorly with objectively measured competence in Evidence Based Medicine among medical students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lai, Nai Ming ^a   Teng, Cheong Lieng ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

assessment; Evidence Based Medicine; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79959356572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-25     Document Type: Article

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