Feedback Credibility in Healthcare Education: a Systematic Review and Synthesis

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 923-933

  Dai, Cecilia M ^a,b   Bertram, Kaitlyn ^c   Chahine, Saad ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Believability; Evaluation; Feedback; Feedback credibility; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099351410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-01167-w     Document Type: Review

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