Conceptual and practical challenges in the assessment of physician competencies

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 245-251

  Whitehead, Cynthia R ^a,b,c   Kuper, Ayelet ^a,b,d   Hodges, Brian ^a,b,e   Ellaway, Rachel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Wilson Centre   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARDS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84922705030     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.993599     Document Type: Review

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