TITLE

Evaluation: the engine that drives us forward--or back

AUTHOR(S)
Mandin, Henry
PUB. DATE
February 2000
SOURCE
Clinical & Investigative Medicine;Feb2000, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p70
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses the role of the Medical Council Qualifying Examination (MCQE) as an engine that drives medicine in Canada forward. Objectives of MCQE; Different approaches being used by examining bodies and medical schools in developing basic philosophy based on their goals; Views on defining a comprehensive curriculum.
ACCESSION #
3005596

Tags: MEDICINE -- Study & teaching;  LIFE sciences -- Study & teaching

 

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