Evaluation of the validity of medical students' self-assessments of proficiency in clinical simulations

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 554-559

  Isenberg, Gerald A ^a   Roy, Vibin ^a   Veloski, Jon ^a   Berg, Katherine ^a   Yeo, Charles J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical student education; Self assessment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84916899136     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.09.036     Document Type: Article

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