What is wrong with assessment in postgraduate training? Lessons from clinical practice and educational research

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 569-574

  Driessen, Erik ^a   Scheele, Fedde ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b St Lucas Andreas Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84880079579     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.798403     Document Type: Article

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