Involving users in the refinement of the competency-based achievement system: An innovative approach to competency-based assessment

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ross, Shelley ^a   Poth, Cheryl Anne ^a   Donoff, Michel G ^a   Papile, Chiara ^a   Humphries, Paul ^a   Stasiuk, Samantha ^a   Georgis, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84856483940     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.644828     Document Type: Article

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