Exploring Students' Perceptions of the Educational Value of Formative Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in a Nutrition Program.
INTRODUCTION: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are valuable teaching tools in various disciplines including nutrition. OSCEs increase students' confidence, improve their communication and counseling skills, and can predict clinical strength and identify weaknesses prior to clinical...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Allied Health Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 20 - 27 |
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Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP)
Spring2016
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