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Research Article

Conceptual framework for performance assessment: Competency, competence and performance in the context of assessments in healthcare – Deciphering the terminology

Kamran KhanUniversity of Manchester, UK;Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, UK; KAMRAN KHAN, FRCA, FAcadMEd, MMedED, is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Medical Education and Consultant Anaesthetist at the University of Manchester, Medical School and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust in the UK.Correspondence[email protected]
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Sankaranarayanan RamachandranCentral Middlesex Hospital and Northwick Park Hospital, UK; SANKARANARAYANAN RAMACHANDRAN, MBBS, MD, is a Clinical Teaching Fellow in Medicine & Neurology, Central Middlesex Hospital & Northwick Park Hospital, The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
Pages 920-928 | Published online: 08 Oct 2012

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