The development of diagnostic competence: Comparison of a problem-based, an integrated, and a conventional medical curriculum

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 658-664

  Schmidt, Henk G ^a   Machiels Bongaerts, Maureen ^b   Hermans, Helene ^c   Ten Cate, Theodorus J ^e   Venekamp, Ruud ^d   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UL ^*

^c Antonie van Leeuwen Hoek Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030154473     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199606000-00021     Document Type: Article

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