The performance of foreign medical graduates on the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) standardized patient examination prototype: A collaborative study of the NBME and the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 439-446

  Friedman Ben David, Miriam ^a   Klass, Daniel J ^b   Boulet, Jack ^a   De Champlain, André ^b   King, Ann M ^b   Pohl, Henry S ^c   Gary, Nancy E ^a  

^a Educ Commn For Med Grad (ECFMG)   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Communication; Educational measurement; Foreign medical graduates; Medical history taking; Physical examination; Physician patient relationship; USA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOREIGN WORKER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033034099     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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