Comparing announced with unannounced Standardized Patients in performance assessment

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-88

  Schwartz, Alan ^a,b   Weiner, Saul J ^c   Binns Calvey, Amy ^a  

^a Department of Medical Education ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Vice Provost for Planning and Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ATTENTION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874548717     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(13)39012-6     Document Type: Article

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