The effects of psychiatry clerkship timing and length on measures of performance

Academic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Case, Susan M ^a   Ripkey, Douglas R ^b   Swanson, David B ^b  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030732742     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199710001-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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