The case for use of entrustable professional activities in undergraduate medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 431-436

  Chen, H Carrie ^a   Van Den Broek, W E Sjoukje ^b   Ten Cate, Olle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930372687     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000586     Document Type: Review

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