Core competencies for emergency medicine clerkships: Results of a Canadian consensus initiative

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-33

  Penciner, Rick ^a   Woods, Robert A ^b   McEwen, Jill ^c   Lee, Richard ^d   Langhan, Trevor ^e   Bandiera, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competencies; Delphi; Education; Emergency medicine; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CANADA; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871940964     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2012.120686     Document Type: Article

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