Raising the Bar: Reassessing Standards for Procedural Competence

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-9

  Cohen, Elaine R ^a   Barsuk, Jeffrey H ^a   McGaghie, William C ^a   Wayne, Diane B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHECKLIST; CHICAGO; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876116029     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.741540     Document Type: Article

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