Using systematically observed clinical encounters (Soces) to assess medical students’ skills in clinical settings

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 67-73

  Bergus, George R ^a,b   Woodhead, Jerold C ^b   Kreiter, Clarence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Medical education; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864482242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S12962     Document Type: Article

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