Key-feature questions for assessment of clinical reasoning: A literature review

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 870-883

  Hrynchak, Patricia ^a   Glover Takahashi, Susan ^b   Nayer, Marla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOMENCLATURE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; THINKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THINKING;

EID: 84905715695     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12509     Document Type: Article

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