General overview of the theories used in assessment: AMEE Guide No. 57

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 783-797

  Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053245557     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.611022     Document Type: Review

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