How does the medical graduates' self-assessment of their clinical competency differ from experts' assessment?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abadel, Fatima Taleb ^a   Hattab, Abdulla Saeed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874030250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-24     Document Type: Article

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