Using a Curricular Vision to Define Entrustable Professional Activities for Medical Student Assessment

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1344-1348

  Hauer, Karen E ^a   Boscardin, Christy ^a   Fulton, Tracy B ^a   Lucey, Catherine ^a   Oza, Sandra ^a   Teherani, Arianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; clinical competence; program evaluation; undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84939242144     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3264-z     Document Type: Article

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