The long case

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1176-1180

  Wass, Val ^a,c   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Rusholme Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence standards; Education, medical undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement standards; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXAMINATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 8444239659     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01985.x     Document Type: Review

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