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Evidence within a portfolio-based assessment program: What do medical students select to document their performance?

Elaine F. DanneferCase Western Reserve University, USA; ELAINE F. DANNEFER, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Research and Assessment at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
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S. Beth BiererCase Western Reserve University, USA; S. BETH BIERER, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Evaluation at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Sophia P. GladdingUniversity of Minnesota, USA; SOPHIA P. GLADDING, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Evaluation in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, MN. She participated in this study while she was a postdoctoral research fellow in medical education at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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