Multi-site reliability and validity of a diagnostic pattern-recognition knowledge-assessment instrument

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1996, Pages s65-s67

  Gruppen, Larry D ^a   Grum, Cyril M ^a   Fincher, Ruth Marie E ^a   Parenti, Connie ^a   Cleary, Lynn M ^a   Swaney, Jan ^a   Case, Susan M ^a   Swanson, David B ^a   Woolliscroft, James O ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 0029858299     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199610000-00046     Document Type: Article

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