Scylla or Charybdis? Can we navigate between objectification and judgement in assessment?

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 914-919

  W Eva, Kevin ^a   D Hodges, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JUDGMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84865287213     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04310.x     Document Type: Article

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