The false dichotomy of quality and quantity in the discourse around assessment in competency-based education

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 835-838

  ten Cate, Olle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competency based education; Portfolio; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84937643893     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-014-9527-3     Document Type: Article

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