Decreasing the Ceiling Effect in Assessing Meeting Quality at an Academic Professional Meeting

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-54

  Vita, Swaroop ^a   Coplin, Heidi ^b   Feiereisel, Kristen B ^c   Garten, Sarajane ^d   Mechaber, Alex J ^e   Estrada, Carlos ^f  

^a BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Allina Hospital and Clinics   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Society of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876130563     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.741543     Document Type: Article

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