Using in-clerkship tests to identify students with insufficient knowledge and assessing the effect of counseling on final examination performance

Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-75

  Hemmer, Paul A ^a,b   Markert, Ronald J ^c,d   Wood, Virginia ^c,d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c SE MI Center for Medical Education   (United States)

^d Miami Valley Hospttal WSUSOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COUNSELING; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032926220     PISSN: 00959545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199901000-00022     Document Type: Article

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