A new method for the assessment of patient safety competencies during a medical school clerkship using an objective structured clinical examination

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1209-1215

  Daud Gallotti, Renata Mahfuz ^a   Morinaga, Christian Valle ^a   Arlindo Rodrigues, Marcelo ^a   Velasco, Irineu Tadeu ^a   Martins, Milton Arruda ^a   Tiberio, Iolanda Calvo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clerkship; Medical education; Organized structured clinical examination; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

BRAZIL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80052185702     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000700015     Document Type: Article

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