A Model for the Assessment of Medical Students' Competency in Medical Ethics

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 68-83

  Favia, Amanda ^a   Frank, Lily ^a   Gligorov, Nada ^b   Birnbaum, Steven ^a   Cummins, Paul ^a   Fallar, Robert ^b   Ferguson, Kyle ^a   Mendis, Katherine ^a   Friedman, Erica ^b   Rhodes, Rosamond ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical moral reasoning; competency assessment; ethics education; medical ethics curriculum; medical school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883537551     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2013.768308     Document Type: Article

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