Effect of obstetrics-gynecology clerkship duration on medical student examination performance

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-162

  Edwards, Rodney K ^a   Davis, John D ^a   Kellner, Kenneth R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033989779     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00487-1     Document Type: Article

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