What evidence is there for the use of workplace-based assessment in surgical training?

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 906-915

  Shalhoub, Joseph ^a,b   Vesey, Alex Thomas ^b,c   Fitzgerald, James Edward Frankland ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Italian Society of Surgical Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; education; surgery; training; WBA; workplace based assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE BASED ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TRENDS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84920148831     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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