A qualitative study on trainees' and supervisors' perceptions of assessment for learning in postgraduate medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Dijksterhuis, Marja G K ^a   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^b   Braat, Didi D M ^c   Teunissen, Pim W ^d   Scheele, Fedde ^d  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; ARTICLE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK; FOCUS GROUPS; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84881053370     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.756576     Document Type: Article

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