Role of case structure and prior experience in a case-based surgical clerkship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 286-290

  Sutyak, John P ^a,d   Lebeau, Robert B ^c   Spotnitz, Alan J ^a   O'Donnell, Angela M ^a   Mehne, Paul R ^b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0030249965     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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