Is the learning value of workplace-based assessment being realised? A qualitative study of trainer and trainee perceptions and experiences

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1097, 2017, Pages 138-142

  Barrett, Aileen ^a,b   Galvin, Rose ^c   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^d   Teunissen, Pim W ^d,e   O’Shaughnessy, Ann ^a   Horgan, Mary ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT; STUDY DESIGN; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; LEARNING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84982845280     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133917     Document Type: Article

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