Test blueprints for psychiatry residency in-training written examinations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-46

  Gaffas, Eisha M ^a   Sequeira, Reginald P ^b   Al Namla, Riyadh A ^a   Al Harbi, Khalid S ^c  

^a Al Amal Mental Health Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Documentary and content analysis; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Psychiatry; Residency program; Summative assessment; Test blueprinting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894138340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S31045     Document Type: Article

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