Placing constraints on the use of the ACGME milestones: A commentary on the limitations of global performance ratings

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 404-407

  Williams, Reed G ^a,b   Dunnington, Gary L ^a   Mellinger, John D ^b   Klamen, Debra L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL;

EID: 84937790349     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000507     Document Type: Review

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