Faculty and resident evaluations of medical students on a surgery clerkship correlate poorly with standardized exam scores

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-235

  Goldstein, Seth D ^a   Lindeman, Brenessa ^a   Colbert Getz, Jorie ^a   Arbella, Trisha ^a   Dudas, Robert ^a   Lidor, Anne ^a   Sacks, Bethany ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Medical student education; Surgery clerkship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EVALUATION STUDY; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION; SURGERY CLERKSHIP;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84893672911     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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