Testing for Competence: Lessons from Health Professions.

Stedman, Carlton H.

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ERIC Number: EJ311029

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Publication Date: 1985

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Testing for Competence: Lessons from Health Professions.

Stedman, Carlton H.

Educational Forum, v49 n2 p199-210 Win 1985

Looks at the ways in which health professions test for competence and improve training and testing programs. Discusses the controversy concerning medical licensing, criterion-referenced exams for nurses, and continuing education evaluations. Finally, testing in the teaching professions is examined, including competency-based and continuing teacher education. (CT)

Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Continuing Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Medical Education, Nurses, Physicians, Postsecondary Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Evaluation, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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