Can i leave the theatre? A key to more reliable workplace-based assessment

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1083-1091

  Weller, J M ^a,b   Misur, M ^b   Nicolson, S ^b   Morris, J ^c   Ure, S ^d   Crossley, J ^e   Jolly, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

educational assessment; educational measurement; graduate; medical education; reliability; workplace

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINI CLINICAL EVALUATION EXERCISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKPLACE;

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION, GRADUATE; RELIABILITY; WORKPLACE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84900993021     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu052     Document Type: Article

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