The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): AMEE Guide No. 81. Part II: Organisation & Administration

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Kamran Z ^a,d   Gaunt, Kathryn ^b   Ramachandran, Sankaranarayanan ^b   Pushkar, Piyush ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Aintree University Hospitals Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84882948839     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.818635     Document Type: Article

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