The Situated Nature of Validity: Exploring Cultural Dependency in Clinical Teacher Evaluation in Japan—Implications for Global Scholarship
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Authors
- Renée E. Stalmeijer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8690-5326)
- Makoto Kikukawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-6430)
- Lambert Schuwirth
- Niiro Hiroaki
- Albert J.J.A Scherpbier
Institutions
- NSW Department of Education (AU)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Department of Education (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Teaching and Learning in Medicine
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2026.2731021
- Primary Topic
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00