Do Preceptors With More Rating Experience Provide More Reliable Assessments of Medical Student Performance?

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-105

  Ferguson, Kristi J ^a   Kreiter, Clarence D ^a   Axelson, Rick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; IOWA; PRECEPTORSHIP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84859719584     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.664497     Document Type: Article

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