The effect of the duration and structure of a surgery clerkship on student performance

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-111

  Lind, D Scott ^a   Marum, Tiffany ^a   Ledbetter, Daniel ^a   Flynn, Timothy C ^a   Romrell, Lynn J ^a   Copeland III, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clerkship; NMBE surgery test; OSCE; USMLE step 2

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0033150247     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5624     Document Type: Article

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