Needs Assessment in Continuing Medical Education through Standardized Patients.

Rethans, Jan-Joost

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Publication Date: 1998

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Needs Assessment in Continuing Medical Education through Standardized Patients.

Rethans, Jan-Joost

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, v18 n3 p172-78 Sum 1998

Standardized patients are subjects who accurately and consistently simulate presentation of medical cases as a method of assessing physician performance. This method is direct, valid, reliable, and feasible when focused on the patient-doctor interaction. (SK)

Descriptors: Medical Case Histories, Medical Education, Needs Assessment, Physician Patient Relationship, Professional Continuing Education, Simulation

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Language: English

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