Reading between the lines: Faculty interpretations of narrative evaluation comments

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 296-306

  Ginsburg, Shiphra ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^b   Lingard, Lorelei ^c   Eva, Kevin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CUES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NARRATION;

EID: 84923007173     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12637     Document Type: Article

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