Is short-term remediation after OSCE failure sustained? A retrospective analysis of the longitudinal attainment of underperforming students in OSCE assessments

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-150

  Pell, G ^a   Fuller, R ^a   Homer, M ^a   Roberts, Trudie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMEDIAL TEACHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84856486840     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.643262     Document Type: Article

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