Using children as standardised patients for assessing clinical competence in paediatrics

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1117-1120

  Tsai, T C ^a,b  

^a Nursing and Management College ^*  (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; ETHICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9644275417     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.037325     Document Type: Article

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