Summative OSCEs in undergraduate medical education

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Gormley, Gerry ^a  

^a Department of General Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION;

EID: 80555154429     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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