Assessment in the Context of Licensure and Certification

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Norcini, John J ^a   Lipner, Rebecca S ^b   Grosso, Louis J ^b  

^a FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; certification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LEARNING; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84888019786     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2013.842909     Document Type: Article

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