An ounce of prevention: How are we managing the early assessment of residents' clinical skills?: A CERA study

Family Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 723-726

  Kedian, Tracy ^a   Gussak, Lisa ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Cohrssen, Andreas ^b   Abramson, Ilene ^c   Everard, Kelly ^d   Dobbie, Alison ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Institute for Family Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY;

EID: 84869133922     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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