Is the OSCE a feasible tool to assess competencies in undergraduate medical education?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 503-514

  Patrício, Madalena Folque ^a   Julião, Miguel ^a   Fareleira, Filipa ^a   Carneiro, António Vaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84878296737     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.774330     Document Type: Review

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