Medical student errors in making a diagnosis

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Friedman, Michael H ^a   Connell, Karen J ^b   Olthoff, Allan J ^b   Sinacore, James M ^b   Bordage, Georges ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031670882     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199810000-00033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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