Script concordance testing: From theory to practice: AMEE Guide No. 75

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-193

  Lubarsky, Stuart ^a   Dory, Valérie ^b   Duggan, Paul ^c   Gagnon, Robert ^d   Charlin, Bernard ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING; UNCERTAINTY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THINKING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84874906086     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.760036     Document Type: Article

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