Clinical experiences of medical students in a pediatric clerkship and performance on the NBME subject test: Are they related?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 420-423

  Greenberg, Larrie W ^a   Getson, Pamela ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Center for General Health Services Intramural Research   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; EXPERIENCE; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEWBORN DISEASE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 0032791629     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421599979383     Document Type: Article

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