Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ565357
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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On the Importance and Validity of Medical Accreditation Standards.
Kassebaum, Donald G.; Cutler, Ellen R.; Eaglen, Robert H.
Academic Medicine, v73 n5 p549-64 May 1998
A survey of 701 medical-school administrators, medical-residency program directors, medical students and residents, and practicing physicians investigated the perceived clarity and validity of 44 medical school accreditation standards as indicators of the quality of undergraduate medical education. Predictive validity of some standards was also examined. Results are reported and implications drawn. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Medical Education, Medical Students, National Surveys, Physicians, Professional Education, Program Evaluation, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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