How well do second-year students learn physical diagnosis? Observationalstudy of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-11

  Hamann, Claus ^a   Volkan, Kevin ^b   Fishman, Mary B ^c   Silvestri, Ronald C ^d   Simon, Steven R ^e   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0011851051     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-2-1     Document Type: Article

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